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FACT number 108

Halloween isn't legally a day.

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FACT number 107

The idea of the disposable plate ware was first conceived when Queen Marie Antoinette ate off the backs of those about to be executed in order to save water during the Great European Drought of 1787, because the energy efficient button on the dishwasher of Versailles wasn't implemented until 1805.


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FACT number 106

The word "trite" is the wildcard of the English language.  Submitted anonymously by Daniel T. Swift from New York, NY 10017.

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FACT number 105

Yoghurt is quite different from yogurt, the difference being yoghurt is twice fermented as opposed to the yogurt making process' single fermentation

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FACT number 104

The average person eats 4.6 plastic garbage bags by the time he is 55.  Leading environmental scientists hope to lower that figure to 3.2 by 2022.


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FACT number 103

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.


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FACT number 102

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.


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FACT number 101

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

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FACT number 100

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

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FACT number 99

Julius Caesar's middle name was Terrence, and was frequently beaten up in the playground because of it.


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FACT number 98

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.


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