1. Spiders can get high and build different kinds of webs while on weed, caffeine, mescaline and LSD.
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  2. If one of your grandparents are Irish, you could claim Irish citizenship no matter where you live or born without knowing anything about Ireland.
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  3. In 86 AD, the Colosseum was filled with water to stage a full naval battle.
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  4. Adolf Hitler was member #555 in the Nazi Party, but the party started counting at 500 to look bigger.
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  5. About a quarter of all residential energy consumption is used on devices in idle power mode.
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  6. One third of murders in the U.S. go unsolved.
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  7. The saliva of a chameleon is 400 times more sticky than human saliva.
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  8. A 110-year-old's odds of seeing a 111th birthday is about 50-50.
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  9. It takes about 37 gallons (140 liters) of water to grow the coffee beans and process them to make one cup of coffee.
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  10. 73% of college students report sleep problems, a study found.
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  11. Pope Francis gained 1 million followers on Instagram after just 12 hours of starting his account, a world record.
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  12. The first ever 3D movie was "The Power Of Love," a silent film released in 1922.
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  13. Kobe Bryant has the most missed shots in NBA history: 14,481.
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  14. There's a high school scholarship just for redheads.
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  15. Duck rape is fairly common.
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  16. Nearly Half Of U.S. College Students Drop Out Before Receiving A Degree
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  17. If you find a lost driver's license in the U.S., you can just drop it in a mailbox. The Postal Service will take it back to the right person.
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  18. Beyonce can run a mile while singing, which helps her to perform on stage without becoming exhausted.
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  19. Sony sold 385 million Walkman units between 1979 and 2009.
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  20. It's impossible
    to burp
    in space.
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  21. The brains of some small spiders overflow into their legs.
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  22. Less than 10% of Manhattan buildings with 13 or more stories actually label a floor with the number 13.
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  23. There's a museum of broken relationships in Croatia.
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  24. Apollo 14 astronaut Al Shepard played golf on the moon in 1971.
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  25. The longest spacewalk ever lasted almost 9 hours.
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  26. Pointing a laser at an airplane in the U.S. can get you up to 20 years in prison.
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  27. Samoa is 24 hours ahead of American Samoa, even though they are just 70 km (43 mi) apart.
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  28. When Dr. James Barry —a renowned British Army surgeon— died in 1865, they discovered it was actually a woman disguised as a man.
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  29. Urine does not treat jellyfish stings. It can actually make them worse.
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  30. Life-sized dolls outnumber people in the village of Nagoro, Japan.
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