All polar bears are left-handed. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. Several states have a law against dancing to the "Star Spangled Banner." Karaoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese. Papaphobia is the fear of Popes. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. The U.S. was totally free of all debt for the first and last time back in 1835. Most American car horns beep in the tone of F. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. The most extras ever used in a movie was 300,000, for the film Gandhi in 1981. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Most people who read this list try to lick their elbows.
Note: n.a. = not available. 1. Includes the District of Columbia. 2. No indigenous population. 3. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) became part of the United States in 1986. 4. Included under the territory of the Pacific Islands. 5. Includes Northern Mariana Islands. 6. Palau only trust territory remaining. 7. Palau, the last remaining trust territory, became an independent country in 1994. 8. Includes overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees and their dependents living with them. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web:www.census.gov.