In 2001, St. Patrick's Day was banned in Ireland because of the scare caused by foot and mouth disease.

The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of Mexico.

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill.

In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.

In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day."

In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.

In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest.

India has the most post offices in the world.

Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months.

One billion seconds is about 32 years.

Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men.

The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.

The Christmas season begins after sunset on December 24th and lasts until January 5th. This is also known as the Twelve Days of Christmas.

The first Halloween card was created in the 1920's.

The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.

The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.

The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max.

The third biggest party day after New Year's and Super Bowl Sunday is Halloween.

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.

There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.

There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep.