The Best Facts

These facts represent the best work we've done in the last 8 or so years. It's a combination of the most successful (best user feedback) and the ones I like the most. They're not in any particular order, however. Enjoy!
08-27-09 94% of people who eat Snickerdoodles don't realize they're made by having a poodle and a candy bar hump. Go»
05-06-07 The US military has created new "Emotionally Smart Bombs" which can determine how much a particular target deserves to get blown up. Go»
10-08-08 Buddhist suicide bombers would be the worst because they'd keep coming back and blowing themselves up. Go»
07-15-08 If humans ever meet an alien race that is 80% sponge, we're screwed. Go»
06-21-07 The most popular last meal request from death row inmates is "anything that makes you immune to lethal injection." Go»
07-12-10 A boob the hand is worth two in the shirt. Go»
08-17-06 M. C. Escher and his wife spooned more perfectly than any other couple in history. Go»
03-26-10 Poppy seed muffins set off drug tests because employers don't want to hire people who have such bad taste in muffins. Go»
12-03-09 Airlines charge a "gigantic pussy tax" if your bags weigh under 10 pounds and you still rolled them behind you. Go»
12-01-06 After being repeatedly sued, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has stopped bundling Windows Media Player 9 with all the food and medicine they send to Africa. Go»
05-02-06 JFK only had sex with 12 women, but in 2006 women, that's over 30,00. Go»
07-17-09 After the invention of atomic weapons, God created short skirts and bikinis to ensure men never got much done again. Go»
10-06-08 Although dolphins, pigs, and some monkeys can do it for pleasure, humans are the only animals that have sex for revenge. Go»
09-20-07 More people die in cars than in planes, especially during transatlantic travel. Go»
03-27-11 Santa Clause has a younger brother named Jeff who works at a 7/11 and doesn't check your ID if he thinks you've been good. Go»
03-21-11 After somebody abused the privilege, the Make-A-Wish Foundation now tells all cancer patients that they can't wish for more wishes. Go»
05-11-10 Hanging your keys on a carabiner makes them feel like they're spelunking in your jeans. Go»
02-10-07 Aretha Franklin once composed a song called "Reciprocity," but never performed it because it was just too hard to spell. Go»
12-05-09 Rodin's "The Thinker" is mostly contemplating whether or not to go out with Venus de Milo, since there's so little chance of a hand job. Go»
12-05-08 Threesomes are just a way of bringing the safety of The Buddy System to going down on somebody. Go»
05-08-10 Behind every dark cloud there is the tropopause and the mesosphere, but no silver linings. Go»
05-07-10 Whenever a traffic cone is put on the ground, the earth feels like it's wearing a little hat. Go»
03-25-05 When Houdini was born, he held out a pair of opened hand cuffs and said "ta-da!" Go»
01-04-05 Philips never intended for the Sonicare Toothbrush to clean teeth. Go»
02-28-08 Photography isn't an art; it's just noticing art and quickly putting a camera between yourself and it. Go»
03-05-07 After being lambasted by art critics for her work "Mommy and Daddy Holding Hands by a Tree," three-year-old artist Joanna O'Brien took her own life and the life of her blankie. Go»
08-12-04 Repeating the mantra "nothing bad befalls the chosen one" during intercourse decreases your partner's chance of getting pregnant by 94%! Go»
06-05-09 Potted plants are a great way to brighten a room, provided you enjoy watching something slowly die and knowing it's your fault. Go»
07-03-09 Hooters announced plans to open a chain of upscale restaurants called Pretty Waitresses Who Call You Sir And Aren't Giving It Away. Go»
07-12-09 No matter what you search for on WebMD, the first result should always say "You're a hypochondriac. Go back to bed." Go»
09-27-09 Keanu Reeves is really hurt by everybody saying he's a bad actor, but nobody can tell. Go»
10-12-09 Freegans live entirely on free things including food from trash cans, furniture from dumpsters, and public ridicule. Go»
06-14-08 When somebody tells you you're one in a million, they're saying there are 35 people just like you in California alone. Go»
11-18-07 Recent studies confirm that while The Man *is* trying to keep you down, The System keeps him from doing it effectively. Go»
09-08-07 The most common phrase ever conveyed in smoke signals is "You don't know what we're sayin', white people." Go»
05-28-07 Contrary to popular opinion, some things that don't kill you weaken you so you're easier to kill later. AIDS, for example. Go»
11-19-06 Studies have indicated that concealed weapon laws do deter would-be criminals from robbing someone who has accidentally shot himself in the pelvis. Go»
02-18-07 87% of math majors believe that asking a girl out is harder than dividing by zero. Go»
05-07-05 If you know their weaknesses (e.g.: the skull), taking candy from a baby becomes much easier. Go»
01-19-08 If a doctor eats an apple a day, his body slowly vanishes. Go»
09-04-07 On Friday, NASA launched an unmanned vehicle that will fly to the moons of Jupiter and, if it finds life there, make creepy patterns in their corn fields. Go»
12-10-07 Conceding that "the future" has come and gone, Dippin' Dots changed its slogan to "Ice cream that's slightly harder to eat." Go»
04-24-06 Once Evel Knievel went down on a girl for 12 hours straight. He suffered 15 broken bones, 2 compound fractures, and a torn meniscus. Go»
08-18-07 The phrase "That's what she said" refers to a young woman from Bakersfield, CA who has indeed said every sexual phrase imaginable. Go»
08-31-06 If Mr. Potato Head ever goes to prison, he better watch out for Mr. Artichoke Cock. Go»