Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Adolph Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only 1, and i repeat, ONE, testicle.

Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846.

Adult bears can run as fast as horses.

Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick as one half inch.

Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.

Africa's 8,000-year brewing history began with ancient Egyptian commercial brewing dynasties and still includes handmade tribal beers.

After Canada and Mexico, Russia is the nearest neighbor to the United States. Siberia’s easternmost point is just 56 miles from Alaska. In fact, in the middle of the Bering Strait, Russia’s Big Diomede Island and the U.S.’s Little Diomede Island are only two miles apart.

After his death in 896, the body of Pope Formosus was dug up and tried for various crimes.

After six months at the off-Broadway New York Shakespeare Festival Theater, Hair opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York, in 1968. It was the first rock-musical to play on the Great White Way.

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

After the decaffeinating process, processing companies no longer throw the caffeine away; they sell it to pharmaceutical companies.

After the sun, the closest star to Earth is 25,000,000,000,000 miles away.

After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.

Air pollution may contribute to two percent of all deaths in the US, some 50,000 cases per year. A nine-year study of US cities showed a strong correlation between death rates and periods of significant pollution.

Airbags are deployed at a rate of two-hundred miles per hour.

Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were once roommates.

Alaska, with 8, is the US state with the most national park sites.

Alaska's borders make it the farthest state east, west and north. Its Aleutian Islands extends across the 180th meridian, which puts the islands chain's end in the eastern hemisphere.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood, respectively).

Alekthophilia is the love of chickens.

Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.

Alexander H. Stephens was Jefferson Davis's Vice President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Alfalfa sprouts and feta cheese contain bacteria that could be harmful to small children and pregnant women.

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called Blackmail and was made in 1931.

All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her.

All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.

All elephants walk on tip-toe because the back portion of their foot is made of no bone just fat.

All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.

All mammals have tongues.

All mammals, except man and monkey are color blind.

All nude people in your house must be registered in Kentucky.

All of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is heated by underground hot springs.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

All of the proceeds from James Barrie's book Peter Pan were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.

All of the roles in Shakespeare's plays were originally acted by men and boys. In England at that time, it wasn't proper for females to appear on stage.

All of the stars comprising the Milky Way galaxy revolve around the center of the galaxy once every 200 million years or so.

All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.

All polar bears are left-handed.

All porcupines can float in water.

All pyrimids were bright white.

All snakes on the island of Tasmania are poisonous.

All snow crystals are hexagonal.

All the chemicals in a human body combined are estimated to be worth about 6.25 euro.

All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.

All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan" were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Sick Children in London.

All the swans in England are property of the Queen.

All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3,600 years ago in the Middle East. It was known as the North Semitic Alphabet.

All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize 'this' was the day of the changeover.

All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses, some of them just didn't like to be seen with them in public.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

All words ever spoken by human beings on 5 Exabytes.

Alligators can live for more than 100 years.

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Almonds are part of the peach family.

Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

Almost without exception, cows are milked from the right side. The reason is because most farmers have been right-handed since the start of the dairy business and it's easier for a right-handed milker to work from the right side.

Although Argentina's name means "Land of Silver," there is actually very little silver there. It was misnamed by explorers who thought they saw silver there.

Although construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the spire was completed.

Although explorers brought potatoes back from the New World in the early 1500s, Europeans were afraid to eat them for fear that the spuds would give them leprosy. It wasn't until Louis XVI, who was looking for a cheap food source for his starving subjects, served them at the royal table that people were convinced potatoes were safe to eat.

Although identified with Scotland, bagpipes are actually a very ancient instrument, introduced into the British Isles by the Romans.

Although not named in the New Testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as Jesus as Dismas and Gestas.

Although the Pony Express was one of the most famous chapters in U.S. history, it only lasted one year, from 1860-61.

Amazon ants (red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do anything but fight. They depend completely on their slaves for survival.

Amelia Earhart designed the first lightweight luggage for air travel.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

Americans consume 42 tons of aspirin per day.

Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.

Americans drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a half pounds of coffee every year.

Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.

Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer.

Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.

Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.

Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.

Americans use about 100 million pounds of tea leaves every year.

Americans use over 16, 000 tons of aspirin a year.

Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.

America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.

America's first stock exchange was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1791.

Among primitive people the soul normally is said to escape through the mouth or nose. In the Celebes, when a person is very sick, his friends will often attach fish hooks in certain places. If the soul tries to escape, it gets hooked.

Among transsexuals who choose sex-change operations, females who elect to become males are reportedly happier and better adjusted after the procedures than males who elect to become female.

Among words consisting only of Roman numeral letters, the "highest scoring" words in English are MIMIC (2,102) and IMMIX (2012).

An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.

An adult male ostrich, the world's largest bird, can weigh up to 345 pounds.

An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year.

An African American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name.

An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.

An American cow called Fawn was not afraid of flying. In May 1963, she was swept up by a tornado and carried half a mile, only to land safely in another farmer's field. Five years later, another tornado carried her over a bus. She survived this too, and lived to the ripe old age of 25.

An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.

An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.

An apple tree is at its prime when its about 50 years old. The United States produces about 100 million barrels of apples a year. That's a lot of old trees.

An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this you can pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

An arabica coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and climate.

An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.

An artificial hand , with fingers moved by cogwheels and levers, was designed in 1551 by Frenchman Ambroise Paré. It worked so well that a handless cavalryman was able to grasp the reins of his horse.

An Athens legislator named Solon passed a law in the 6th century that let fathers sell their fornicating daughters into slavery.

An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.

An average human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime.

An average human scalp has 100,00 hairs.

An average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of wate during his life time.

An average person laughs about 5 times a day.

An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.

An average pig squeals at a range from 100 to 115 decibels.

An average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.

An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards.

An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

An elephant can smell water 3 miles away.

An elephant could carry up to 2 gallons of water in its trunk.

An elephant has 4 knees

An elephant may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day.

An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.

An Estee Lauder perfume called "Country Mist" had disappointing sales in Germany where the word "Mist" was slang for manure!

An estimated $1 million is lost at race tracks each year by people who lose or carelessly throw away winning tickets.

An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."

An eyelash lives about 5 months.

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.

An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.

An Octopus has 3 hearts!

An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in-meat freezer!

An ostrich egg can make approx. eleven and a half omelets.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

An ounce of gold can be beaten up into a sheet covering 9.3 sq. meters, or drawn into 80.5 kms(50 miles) of wire.

An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.

An owl cannot move it's eyeballs in its eye sockets.

An oyster can change it's sex a number of times during its life.

An oyster can change its sex once every seven days.

Anagrams amused the ancient Greeks, Romans and Hebrews, and were popular during the Middle Ages.