From:
Greg Fiala
Plfugerville, TX

This is a weird fact to know, I admit. I think I learned it in high school. It’s knowledge like this that makes me a real hit with the ladies at the bars here in Austin.

Rats use their tails to regulate their body temperature. When a rat is hot, more blood flows to its tail so it can lose heat. When a rat is cold, less blood flows to the tail so it conserves heat.

From:
Ken Nguyen
Santa Monica, CA

I’m a Realtor. I know more fun facts about housing than you’d ever want to read.

In 1950 the average single-family home was no more than one-thousand square feet and sold for an average of $11,000. In 2005, the national median price of an existing single-family home was $220,000. The average size of a home today is 2,400 square feet.

From:
Nancy Wilds
Frederick, CO

What is the only place in the United States where people drive on the left?

The Virgin Islands.

From:
tiredwife
St. George, UT

Almost half of all adults in the United States snore. (Including my husband.)

From:
George Szymanski
Australia

Read this in Reader’s Digest.

42% of all Americans eat dinner in front of the TV every night.

From:
Bess Lee
Lewistown, PA

Here’s another actor fact to add to nicholsonfan’s.

Sean Connery represented Scotland in the Mr. Universe competition in 1950.

From:
Annie Hernandez
Webster, MA

My son just got the latest Guinness Book of World Records for a birthday present and at first I thought he might drive the whole family crazy with fun facts, but it’s mostly pretty interesting and now the whole family is addicted to it. I could tell you the world’s largest apple (4 lbs) or world’s longest bridge (23.8 miles, LA), but this is the best: there’s actually a world’s record for the dog who can hold the most tennis balls in his mouth. Yes there is. A golden retriever named Augie has fetched and held in his mouth all at one time five tennis balls.

From:
nicholsonfan
Evergreen, CO

No male performer has yet won three Best Actor Academy awards. Seven actors have won the Best Actor Oscar twice: Tracy, Brando, Cooper, Hanks, Hoffman, Nicholson, and March.