Amusing Facts - 19

The harmonica is the world's best-selling musical instrument.

Women buy 40 percent of all condoms in the United States.

The rock group U2 was originally called Feedback.

While it stood, the Berlin wall was 26.5 miles long.

Sixty-three percent of Americans talk to their cars.

Gene Kelly was the first movie star to appear on a postage stamp.

A "labeorphilist" is a beer bottle collector.

Long Acre Square was the original name of New York's Times Square.

In Greek, "cosmetics" means "skilled in decorating."

A baby bat is called a pup.

Eight percent of Americans have oral sex on a regular basis.

The doors that cover U.S. nuclear silos weigh 748 tons and open in 19 seconds.

In Sweden, it's against the law to train a seal to balance a ball on its nose.

Rocker Meatloaf's real name is Marvin Lee Aday.

"Liticaphobia" is the fear of lawsuits.

Eighty-three percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians.

Leonardo da Vinci invented the car jack before cars were invented.

A male ballet dancer is referred to as a danseur noble.

The most popular beer brand in the Western Hemisphere, outside of the U.S., is Brahma beer. It's made in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The average cow spends 13 hours a day lying down.

The average American eats 23 quarts of ice cream during the course of a year.

The "bumpers" on the bottom of toilet seats are called "buculets."

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is considered the most difficult national anthem on Earth to sing.

The Sumerians had a goddess of beer. Her name was Ninkasi.

In a fire station in Livermore, California, there is a light bulb that has been burning since 1901.

The only continent without a desert is Europe.

"Uranophobia" is the morbid fear of heaven.

The real name of the Tin Man in the "Wizard of Oz" books was Nick Chopper.

Tokyo was once known as Edo.

Most NASCAR teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.

In the eighth grade, Elvis Presley got a "C" grade in music.

About 97 percent of the water on Earth is saltwater.

Basketball is the most popular sport among college women.

Among other things, ninjas were trained to tell what time it was by looking into a cat's eye.

"Morning dew" is slang for "gonorrhea."

The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit at Al'Aziziyah, Libya, in 1922.

There are currently more than seven million millionaires in the world.

The average person will grow 590 miles of hair during their lifetime.

Singer John Denver's real name was Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.

The Bank of America started as the Bank of Italy.