The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
198
The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
67
Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
29
The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
852
Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
14
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
240
More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
86
The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
3