Weird and Unbelievable Random Facts

Truth is stranger than fiction. So clichéd, but so very true. Some of the facts given here will elucidate that very statement. The world is full of strange, wonderful, and inexplicable things, but some of the weirdest, zaniest, craziest facts have emerged over the years.

☞ On an average, people who wake up with an alarm press the snooze button three times.

☞ China has more English speakers than the United States.

☞ Genesis 1:20-22 ends the debate. It states categorically that the chicken came before the egg.

☞ The words 'assassination' and 'bump' were invented by Shakespeare.

☞ Even after you die, your hair grows for a few months.

☞ Most people who commit suicide do it on a Monday.

☞ The word 'set' has the most definitions in comparison with any other word in the English language.

☞ In a deck of cards, the king without a mustache is the King of Hearts.

☞ A new game invented in Scotland was referred to by a rule instructing Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden, and thus Golf was born.

☞ It cost USD7 million to build the Titanic. The film was made in USD200 million.

☞ A man's beard grows the fastest when he anticipates sex.

☞ All men fear the words "We need to talk."

☞ Guys virtually brag about anything.

☞ When a guy says he doesn't understand a girl, it means that she is not thinking the way he is.

☞ Married men live longer than single men do. However, they are more prepared to die.

☞ A good time and place to meet a man is when you pick up your clothes at the dry cleaner. Chances are, the men you meet here have jobs and bathe.

☞ It takes 1 hour for a woman to determine whether or not she wants to date a man again. It takes a man only 15 minutes.

☞ On an average, women speak over 7,000 words per day. Men speak only around 2,000.

☞ Men accept compliments way better than women do. Example: "Dave, you look great." Dave: "Thanks." On the other side, "Vanessa, you look great." Vanessa: "I do? Must be the lighting."

☞ Men are put off by a group of loud women.

☞ The two highest IQ scores ever recorded on a test belong to women.

☞ On an average, a woman will blink approximately twice as much as a man.

☞ Women hear better than men.

☞ When women yawn, they cover their mouth with the palm, not with a fist.

☞ If a man goes on a week long trip, he'll pack four days worth of clothes and will wear some things twice. If a woman goes on a week long trip, she'll pack 32 outfits because she doesn't know what she'll feel like wearing each day.

☞ Bulletproof vests, laser printers, windshield wipers and fire escapes - all inventions credited to women. The first computer programmer was a woman. Her name is Ada Lovelace.

☞ 40% of women have thrown shoes at a man.

☞ Women tie the belt of a dressing gown above their belly button while men tie it lower.

☞ A woman spends an average of 2 years of her lifetime looking at the mirror.

☞ A tiger's skin is striped like its fur.

☞ The only type of milk that does not curdle is a camel's.