A group of jellyfish is known as a “smack.”

1. A group of jellyfish is known as a “smack.”

2. Christopher Columbus’s fee for “discovering” America: about $300.

3. Washington, D.C., has more psychiatrists per capita than any other city in the country.

4. One in ten children sleepwalk.

5. What does an algologist study?Seaweed.

6. Laid end to end, the blood vessels in your body would wrap around the equator three times.

7. Camel rule of thumb: One-humped camels run faster than two-humped camels.

8. A misodoctakleidist is someone who hates practicing the piano.

9. Odds of winning if you challenge a traffic ticket in court: about 1 in 3.

10. The first thing Thomas Edison filmed with his movie camera was a person sneezing.

11. You can sweat as much as 3 gallons of water a day in a hot climate.

12. Your fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird’s beak.

13. Coconut shells can absorb more impact than most crash helmets.

14. One in every 5 potatoes grown in the U.S. ends up as french fries.

15. A runner consumes about 7 quarts of oxygen while running a 100 yard dash.

16. Bagpipes were invented in Iran and brought to Scotland by the Romans.

17. Hardest substance in your body: the enamel in your teeth.

18. Armadillos can catch malaria.

19. Aspirin has never been approved by the FDA. It has never been rejected, either.

20. In her entire life, Queen Berengaria of England never once visited England.

21. Odds that you will become famous enough to merit mention in a history book:1 in 6 million.

22. Your big toes have only two bones each. The rest of your toes have three.

23. Elvis owned $60,000 worth of prescription sunglasses when he died.

24. According to a German doctor who weighed patients at the moment of death…the human soul weighs ¾ of an ounce.

25. The Pentagon uses up 666 rolls of toilet paper on an average day.

26. On average, your left hand does 56% of your typing.

27. On an average night, it take an average person seven minutes to fall asleep.

28. Average speed of a golf ball in flight during the PGA tour: 160 mph.

29. Even if baboons wanted to, they couldn’t play baseball. They can’t throw overhand.

30. In Tucson, Arizona, potholes are officially known as “pavement deficiencies.”

31. Worldwide, an estimated 85% of all phone calls are conducted in the English language.

32. More than 1,000 people belong to the Society of Jim Smiths…and all of them arenamed Jim Smith.

33. The youngest first lady: Frances Cleveland, age 21.

34. The saguaro cactus does not grow its first arm until its at least 75 years old.

35. Q - What color is a purple finch?A - Crimson.

36. It’s impossible to snore in the weightlessness of space.

37. It takes around 200,000 frowns to create a permanent brow line.

38. Chief, the U.S. Cavalry’s last horse, died in 1968. He was 36.

39. Chickens are the only birds that have combs.

40. Moscow is closer to Washington, D.C., than Honolulu is.

41. Average annual income in the U.S. at the start of WWII: $1,070.

42. Short people have fewer back problems than tall people do.

43. At Old English weddings, guests threw shoes at the groom.

44. Clams can live as long as 150 years.

45. Can you flare your nostrils?Only 30% of humans can.

46. Longest word in Japanese: Chi-n-chi-ku-ri-n.It means “very short person.”

47. The world’s most popular car color is red.

48. Brain food:You can think 625 thoughts on the caloric energy of one Cheerio.

49. Poll results:Baby boomers now say that “old age” begins at 79.

50. It’s estimated that 75% of all U.S. dollars contain traces of cocaine.