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1. If you are late to the appointment always use the colloquial apology, “sorry guys I was wanking,” which means procrastinating about what to wear. This will endear folks to you.2. Impersonate the British accent so people know you're trying to make an effort to fit in. British people love it when you anticipate the end of a sentence and repeat the final word as they're saying it. Use the colloquial, 'innit' regularly if the person is of Indian heritage.3. British people don't say to a friend, 'your wife is lovely'. Rather, please say 'your bird is lovely', then ask where the man got her.4. The Welsh are known as Taffys. The Scots Macs and the Irish Micks . Get it right.5. If the person opposite you, on the underground, is reading a book always take an interest and ask about the plot.6. British men love it when you say, 'I'm Ben Dover for you tonight'. This means that you are up for a really good night.7. Saying that the Queen should never have given up her job as a wartime mechanic will impress British people. This shows great knowledge of the monarch.8. Britain is a republic and admires Donald Trump. Do not criticize him.9. If you go to the Welsh valleys, always mention what a fantastic job Margaret Thatcher did for the region.10. Everywhere you go in the UK, saying 'Praise Jesus,' after anything will win you lots of friends.11. The British always applaud after the first movement of a symphony. Cheering is demonstrative of an excellent performance.12. If you call 999 you will either need to ask for fire, ambulance or the filth (shorter than saying police officer).13. If you do deal with the police, always use the British term “PC Plod.” This is a generic and respectful term if you do not know the officer’s name.14. When someone allows you to merge in on the motorway, always thank them by showing them the ‘V’ sign, (palm faced towards you and the index finger and middle finger faced towards the kind driver.)15. If you order Chinese takeaway, always ask for ‘no dog meat’, if you prefer it that way. Also, when calling for delivery, ask if this is a ‘Chink that delivers’. They will appreciate this. Remember to impersonate the accent. Thank you becomes tank yaw.16. People are proud of British cathedrals but are modest about them. If you visit one, make sure you tell a member of the staff that the architecture is ‘nothing special,’ on the way out.17. Don’t take flowers or wine to a home. British hosts appreciate practical gifts like a 12 pack of toilet rolls.18. When in Coventry, enjoy the wonderful new architecture and make sure you are politically correct. Say, “This is all thanks to the wonderful Germans,” who influenced the rebuilding.19. Always ask a pub bar person if “I am invisible mate?” It is a joke they love, laugh at and you will be served next.20. Theatres now have what is called an ‘induction loop app’, which works through your cell phone and is installed in every theatre. Leave the phone on during the performance and the phone will automatically amplify the show very slightly when the volume is turned up full. All other calls are ‘muted’. Enjoy.21. The British respect for the phrase, “Do you know who I am?” is legendary. Use it liberally when you are looking for prompt service.22. If you dine with a vegetarian, always say “Just try it,” when eating meat. It’s polite and they’ll thank you kindly. You might add, “…this animal gave it’s life for us, like Christ did.”23. Brexit is a passionate subject. Saying things like, “I bet it was like waking up next to your Mother-in-Law” will always get a laugh.24. The British waitress should always be asked where one can find a “Nice bit of Skirt,” which is the generic word for “steak”, as in skirt-steak.25. If you DO offend a British female, make light of it by telling her not to, “Get her knickers in a twist.” “Go burn your bra” will also get a laugh. If the lady is particularly large in the chest region, add, “I’ll call the fire brigade and the filth.”26. Enter London theatres with a notepad and a toy axe and ask for the manager. Tell him you are a critic for the Sun and you’ll get free drinks.27. At the stage door, always be respectful of actors and ask if they’ve done “Jeremy Kyle” or “Doctors” - two of the UK’s most lauded shows. Always ask how the actor remembers their lines.28. Celebrities always appreciate the joke, “How about an autograph?” When they agree, sign a printed-out selfie of yourself and give it to the actor.29. Curry house humor is a must. If you say to your waiter, “If this is no good, I will Ramadan it up your arse,” you will get free bottle of wine.30. In the UK, cars are stick shift. You use the accelerator, brake and clit. If you ride your clit, the car will fail. Ask the rental agency what the proper way of not riding your clit is.31. The British love the films of Sid James, known as the ‘Carry On’ movies. If you want to endear yourself to folks, carry a pair ofbinoculars with you and view crowds through them, saying, “Cor [sic] look at those baps.” It’s fun and the British love it.32. In clothing stores, if you are not sure, just tell the assistant that you would like to go into the changing room and “wank over it,” which, as said, means procrastinate over the choices - they’ll understand.33. The British LOVE the “Why did the so-and-so cross the road,” jokes. Their favorite: Q: Why did the lesbian-feminist cross the road? A: To help me to wank (to choose directions when procrastinating about which way to walk.)34. Show your interest in the English national football team by asking if they’ve booked their flight home from Russia already?35. If you need a cheat-sheet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, ask for the sheet with pictures on it, explaining the plot. If you do not understand the plot, quietly as the person sitting next to you but nudge them gently with two fingers so they know what is coming.36. Always sign in at Stonehenge by signing the stones with a sharpie. NOT doing so is rude. If the stones are blocked off, INSIST on gaining access and quote the constitution of the United States.37. NEVER say, “I am an American,”. Always say, “I am an American with a permit to carry firearms.” This will garner you instant respect.38. ALWAYS tell the British house-holder that their living room is the size of your walk-in-closet. THEY WILL BE IMPRESSED.39. If you do not get fresh orange juice, throw whatever is served at the wall and say, “I am an American with a permit to carry firearms.” Fresh orange juice will miraculously appear.40. Piss off the Queen’s guard? Ha. Good luck with that. BUT, if you say, “I am an American with a permit to carry firearms,” you will be on your way.41. In fact, anything in the UK that can be replied to with, “I am an American with a permit to carry firearms,” will defuse any situation.42. NEVER insult British food with any ambiguity. Always start with, “In the states, we do it this way….”, which will show the British what you are looking for.43. British waiters are called “servants”, like in olden times. NEVER ask for your waiter, rather, ask, “Where’s that servant?”. You will rule.44. British convenience stores are known as “Paquee shops.” So, if you need a pint of milk, just ask where the nearest “Paquee shop” is.45. “It is God’s will,” is a de facto response to most things in the UK. So, if a British rail first class carriage staff claims it is out of tea, just saying this phrase will get you tea.46. Always ask who the UK’s state senator is. Even though you know the answer, you will gain respect.47. ALWAYS make polite conversation when using urinals. “How is your day going sir?” will suffice as polite. Look him in the eyes as you do so.48. If you see someone leaving the toilet without washing their hands, always say, “Hey Mr.Claggy, clean hands, clean mind in the eyes of God.” The offender will always come back and wash their hands.49. When singing the anthem, Americans place their hand on their heart. In Britain, the singer places their hand on the heart of the person next to them. Respect this tradition.50. Be honest and tell the British that they have no sense of irony or sarcasm.51. Tell the British that Bob is not your Uncle and always tell them his real name.52. When someone says “Fair and square”, ask them why square?53. If someone tells you to mind your P’s and Q’s, ask them what P and Q mean?54. INSIST that Jaguar cars are American - they are!55. Rolls Royce is a subsidiary of Boeing. Know it.56. A turd in the hole is a wonderful British dish of sausages and Yorkshire puddings. Ask for extra turds (sausages) but if you’re partial to it, ask for Daventry pudding instead of Yorkshire (which is made of cream and not milk).57. British folks always save water. Never flush the toilet after going for ‘number one’. There is always a notepad on the toilet and the person who had last used the loo, will tick the 1, 2, or 3 box. You only flush after number 3.58. If you have to go number 2, it is a politeness, when you return to the room to exclaim that “you enjoyed that!” Make all laugh by saying that there was no toilet roll and that it was a good job you found a tea towel.59. More toilet humor: Come out of the toilet and tell the room that whoever used the toilet last had a ‘floater-refusal’. This is British humor at its best.60. The smoking section of a pub is always near the back and never towards the door. The smoke extractors are always near the rear wall of the pub, so if you smoke, ALWAYS go to the rear of the pub.61. The British love their animals so complement them. Tell them you think “all animals are delicious.”62. In British houses, pet dogs are sometimes, respectfully named after the wife. If someone says, 'can someone let Skid in', it could be the wife returning from getting the oil change done.63. The British love discussing the contents of their medicine cabinets.63. If you meet a hosts kid and they're ugly, just inform them that daddy got the wrong hole on the first go around.64. A beer glass is known as a bollock. If you're in a public house and a friend needs to visit the loo, always offer to hold his bollock for him.65. Travel and geographic information: Number 72 bus from Marble Arch goes to Paris. The Paddy bus takes you to Dublin. Sydney is a two hour flight on Easyjet from Gatwick . An affectionate name for a cab driver is twat.66. Don't get off the bus before ringing the bell. Eight or more rings for politeness, will suffice.67. London buses only take change nowadays. Or you can buy a cockle card.68. A hug in Britain is known as a shag. In the USA a shag is a dance. Ask for a shag before giving one.69. A rubber in the USA is a condom. In the UK a condom is a hat. Always ask your host where you should hang your condom before removing it.70. British people are erudite and have developed vocabularies. Try to use polysyllabic words even if you have no idea what they mean. Example: “Thanks for the invitation to dinner. We would be sciatica to homogeneous.”71. British dogs adore the small tubs of curry sauce you get from fish ‘n’ chip shops. Make the owners happy by treating the pet well by giving them this treat. Interestingly enough, dogs adore Guinness additionally. Pour a can in the dog’s bowl.72. Portly American wife? Shove an apple in her mouth and suggest to your hosts that you serve her for dinner. Ask for a silver platter on which to present her.73. "Like someone killing a pig." The phrase used by British people to describe their sex lives and the noise the guys bird makes.74. Any cock'll do. The noise a gay rooster makes. Mostly heard in the British countryside.75. George Bush once said, “A British bush in the hand is worth a bird'. People loved this.” Quote him.76. British teens always respect elders who say, “what would Jesus do?” if you bring up the subject of their acne.77. The British will always try to be the first to tell you what they earn, so get in first and ask them. They'll be immediately impressed.78. Tell the guy that's great but that you pay that to your bit on the side and that he must be eating shit sandwiches for lunch.79. British people love nationalistic jokes. Tell them that the good thing about global warming is that the Welsh are fucked.80. At UK borders, always ask the officer if you look like a terrorist undercover as a normal American? They'll break down laughing.81. When in Rome do as the British do.82. If it were not for those thousands of small American vessels crossing the Atlantic to Dunkirk during WWII then those boys on the beach would never have got home. Tell them this.83. Ask vicars if their choirboys enjoy a game of tummy banana. It's a joke among clerics.84. In pet shops don't ask for a bone for the dog. These are low quality. Always tell the assistant that you need to give a hosts dog a bone-on, which is a very good brand.85. Telling a vegan that black pudding has “plenty of iron,” is a good move. Ask the vegan if they've taken anything for their ailment. Beef jerky is good for the disease.86. You may be asked to take a picture for a Japanese tourist in London. If the camera is a good one, just pretend to line up the shot then run. Britain is a nation of used Japanese cameras and they fetch good money on EBAY.87. To take a trip to the Cotswold villages is to “go cottaging.” Public lavatories on A roads will always have nice men to ask about this. Ask people and staff at Victoria coach station how to go cottaging.88. Cigarettes are not permitted on the downstairs of a bus. Only upstairs.89. Kent is known as the garden of England. Reading is known as England's little public lavatory.90. William Shakespeare is known as the “Bradley of Stratford,” but was born in Milton Keynes. People miss this.91. Ronald McDonald is known as Jimmy Saville across the pond. I have no idea why.92. If you are of the upper classes in the USA, do make sure you inform people wherever you go. People are not mind readers.93. In the British isles, you cannot command respect, you must demand it. Say, “I demand your deference and your respect,” especially in pubs.94. Everyday folks are 'oiks'. It's like saying buddy in the USA.95. George Bush once said, “If England were ever attacked then the USA would nuke it.” A brilliant quote to use.96. In the UK, men grade their wives from 1-10. This is not offensive to the female and gives her an idea of the important improvements that can be made. You should also do this to women in the street. If you see a ten, tell her she is a ten, and tap her rear gently.97. A “chav” is a very intelligent young man.98. It is fine to ask if a family is interbreeding or if they plan to.99. The Queen Elizabeth breeds horses. Princess Ann looks nothing like a horse. In fact you may say that the horses look nothing like Ann either.100. In the uk, asking for a blow job will get you a complimentary tire inflation check at any gas station. It is not a sexual thing.101. If a person is seen putting a ticket on your windscreen, just rip it up in front of them and then drive off. These people are the bane of the nation and need to get a job.102. There is NO paid parking in the UK, ignore the payment systems; they are only there for Germans, French people and SOME Jocks, Whigs, Wetbacks and Taffs.103. Racism is outlawed: Krauts, Frogs, Whigs, Japs, Chinks are never to be used as subjects of jokes.104. Guests who have sex in the missionary position MAY receive a visit from a British pet dog, who will start licking the guys arsehole with relish.105. The same MAY happen in gay areas of major cities, but with men and not dogs.106. The same may happen in Wales, but the person on top WILL be a dog.107. "You could knock me down with a feather," is an invitation and not a statement. Especially in some areas of major cities.108. Don't brag about your family too much. "My father is doing a million dollar conversion of the local library", may be met with "My Dad's doing 25 years for rape."109. If you ARE interested, all prisons have open days every third Sunday where you can have photos taken and talk crime with some blokes who are in for ripping faces off with broken bottles.Finally, enjoy this wonderful country. The British are a fun-loving nation of mostly highly intelligent, well-read people. They are politically aware, afford no nonsense and are kind and forgiving until they are attacked. The, the nation turns into a pack of animals that would make a team of wild horses look like domestic pets. As for wit, do not have an intellectual battle of wits unless you are armed. I end by saying this:Some years ago, I was in a UK national tour of “Of Mice and Men”. We toured to the Cymru Theater Clwyd in Mold, North Wales. In the pub after the show, I sat next to an old Welsh miner and he asked what I did. “I am an actor sir. I am in “Of Mice and Men.”” His reply, and I paraphrase but you’ll get the gist, “I am not sure of Steinbeck and all of that Salinas Valley depression stuff. For me, the seminal play of America is “Death of a Salesman,” which is almost an historic “Glengarry Glenn Ross” and allegorical at the same time.”

Infrequently there are those very sensitive beings born into the world who are true empaths. Michael Jackson was one of them. Michael Jackson’s mother recalls an incident when her son was watching a public service announcement on television about poverty and hunger in Africa. The film featured little Black children with swollen bellies and flies circling their mouths. Katherine remembers Michael as inconsolable reacting to the images on the screen. He loudly and emphatically proclaimed that someday he would help save these children. These unusual children have emotions that run high and deep; they feel other people’s feelings; their feelings extend into others and into spaces and situations. And they retain much of their “feeling into” faculties into adulthood.These are the healers, the poets, artists and dreamers of a society. They are the social activists, leaders and the charismatics who can inspire others to action. Michael Jackson was all of the above. These geniuses, however, are subject to their personalities with introvert or extrovert dominance, insecurities and social awkwardness or failings. With a teacher, guru or master an individual can begin to transcend the personality and the ego to become pure being with a thrust toward enlightenment– the embodiment of the Spiritual Self or a Soul-infused personality. Michael Jackson knew of this unusual path of the seeker and studied with teachers and learned discipline in meditation, Yoga, and prayer. His quest becomes evident to a fellow aspiring adept in his book and his short films (music videos.) Mudras (hand gestures) and spiritual messages are evident in his filmed concerts.Some artists are extroverts and great orators; others express themselves through their art. Jackson was not an orator. He was naturally shy off the stage and he hated having to talk to large audiences. He also knew the curse of adulthood and its ability to strip a human of his or her innate innocence, charm, wonder and awe and the creative mind; he gravitated to children because they retained the magic of birth, creation and youth. There comes a point, usually in the early teens when children learn how to manipulate through deliberate strategizing. They learn about hidden agendas. Young children do not have hidden agendas and they do not strategize in order to manipulate.The context Michael operated during his heyday was that he was the most popular superstar in the world and he was someone that especially poor children looked up to as someone who “made it” (out of poverty, out of the “hood,” out of the inner city, the ghetto, and all the other entrapments of financial distress.) He represented a way out of being Black and poor, a way to escape the hardship of the projects and gangs and domestic discord. Kids emulated him because he was their hero and they projected all their hopes and dreams onto him. He was the most famous man on Earth. Kids not only adored him, they wanted to dance like him, to be like him, and many wanted to be him.Many adults hung around him because of reflected glory, because of his money, because of his popularity—they all wanted something from him. But children loved him for himself—because he was young and playful and a kid at heart. He preferred the company of children to adults because of their innocence and lack of judgment and manipulation. So he focused on children and on supporting children’s foundations and charities. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records and being the most generous man in the world supporting almost 40 charities—most of the for children. He donated all the insurance money from his settlement with Pepsi when he burned his scalp to build a burn center. He donated all the proceeds from the Victory Tour to charities. And during the Bad Tour he visited a major hospital in every city on the tour and donated a large piece of medical equipment. Not just one piece for the tour; one piece for every hospital in the cities on the tour schedule. He also founded the “Heal the World” charity and Wrote “We Are the World” with Lionel Richie for the USA for Africa project which addressed the famine if Africa. Most of his philanthropy was aimed at children.His references to children include accolades to their purity and innocence– in other words, unfettered by the accumulated and internalized insults of adulthood that crush the spirit. Children don’t display the limitations of adults– the doubt, disbelief and cynicism that replace spontaneity, creativity, and uncensored imagination and awe experienced in childhood. The carefree spirit is tamped down in growing up and Jackson was determined to not let that happen. He preferred the company of children because of their energy and spirit, that part that is damaged in maturing to adulthood as the “practical” mind takes over and dreams are adjusted from fantastic to “realistic.”He didn’t know how to articulate this philosophy about childhood vs. adulthood, his own childhood interrupted, and painfully traded for other things: “Have You Seen My Childhood?” He was also too insulated from reality in the surreal world of the Jacksons, to know that hanging out with children wasn’t just socially awkward, but some would see it as criminal. In his experience, in a two bedroom home the size of a 2 car garage in Gary, Indiana, 7 children and adults piled together on beds in family banter or to watch TV. He never slept in a bed or room alone. Even the living room in their tiny house became a bedroom at night.The collective adult attitude toward children and the adult-child relationship changed after the McMartin Preschool Case horrified the public and brought to light the incidence of incest in rural America. At that same time, there was a kind of collective hysteria about Satanic Cult activity and repressed (later recovered or resurfaced) memories of children about ritual abuse. The characteristics of “ritual abuse” included repetitive rituals associated with malingering behavior toward children– for sexual or manipulative purposes.Many “therapists” who assisted with “recovered memories” and “repressed memories” of Satanic Cult activity were later debunked. The McMartin Case horrified the public and was a sweeping hysteria similar to the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s in Colonial Massachusetts or the “Communist” witch hunts of Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. The attitude and behavior of adults toward children would forever change after the McMartin case dominated the frenzied media. The McMartin family defendants were all exonerated but it took ten years. Meanwhile, the public was inundated with sickening descriptions of what the adults in a daycare supposedly did to children.This was the culture Michael Jackson, loved and elevated to cult hero status by kids, some of whom were dealing with their own nightmarish homelife of neglect or abuse– had to navigate in the 1990s. His rise to superstar was paralleled by the Mc Martin drama and aftermath where every breathing adult was under suspicion. Jackson represented hope to kids because of his lyrics, his runaway success and his meteoric rise to superstar. If they could “hang on” to Michael in some way, they could hang on until their eventual emancipation from whatever restricted their freedom.Michael was raised a strict Jehovah Witness, to respect women, especially his mother. He saw children as the humans closest to God, only recently leaving the Divine realms to incarnate as a human baby. He revered children. For that he was mocked.His philanthropy speaks for him:January 10, 1984: Michael visits the unit for burn victims at Brotman-Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.April 9, 1984: David Smithee, a 14-year-old boy who suffers from cystic fibroses is invited to Michael’s home. It was David’s last wish to meet Michael. He dies 7 weeks later.April 14, 1984: Michael equips a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research.July 5, 1984: During the Jackson’s press conference at Tavern On The Green, Michael announces that his part of the earnings from the Victory Tour will be donated to three charitable organizations: The United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, and the T.J. Martell-Foundation.July 14, 1984: After the first concert of the Victory Tour, Michael meets 8 terminally ill children backstage.December 13, 1984: Michael visits the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned very badly during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He donates all the money he receives from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children.January 28, 1985: Michael and 44 other artists meet to record “We Are The World”, written by Michael and Lionel Ritchie. The proceeds of this record are donated to the starving people in Africa.1986: Michael set up the “Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund”. This $1.5 million fund is aimed towards students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university.February 28, 1986: After having had a heart-transplant, 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California gets a call from Michael Jackson. He had heard that she is a big fan of his. Michael invites her to his home as soon as she is feeling better. This visit takes place on March 8th. Donna stays for dinner and watches a movie together with Michael.September 13, 1987: Michael supports a campaign against racism. He supports efforts of the NAACP, to fight prejudices against black artists.October 1987: At the end of his Bad Tour, Michael donates some personal items to the UNESCO for a charitable auction. The proceeds will be for the education of children in developing countries.February 1, 1988: The Song “Man In the Mirror” enters the charts. The proceeds from the sales of this record goes to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.March 1, 1988: At a press conference held by his sponsor Pepsi, Michael presents a $600,000 check to the United Negro College Fund.April 1988: Free tickets are given away for three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia to the Make A Wish Foundation.May 22, 1988: Michael visits children who suffer from cancer in the Bambini-Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome. He signs autographs and gives away sweets and records to the little patients. He promises a check of 100,000 pounds to the hospital.July 16, 1988: Before a concert at Wembley Stadium Michael meets the Prince of Wales and his wife Diana. He hands over a check of 150,000 pounds for the Prince’s Trust, and a check of 100,000 pounds for the children’s hospital at Great Ormond Street.July 20, 1988: Michael visits terminally ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. At a unit for less critical patients he stays a little bit longer and tells a story.August 29, 1988: At his 30th birthday Michael performs a concert in Leeds, England for the English charity-organization “Give For Life”. The goal of this organization is the immunization of children. Michael presents a check for 65,000 pounds.December 1988: Michael visits 12-year-old David Rothenburg. His father had 5 years earlier burned him very badly in an act of revenge against his former wife.January 1989: The proceeds of one of Michael’s shows in Los Angeles are donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. In appreciation of the contributions of Michael, Childhelp of Southern California is founding the “Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse”.January 10, 1989: The Bad Tour comes to an end. Under-privileged children are donated tickets for each concert and Michael donates money to hospitals, orphanages and charity-organizations.February 7, 1989: Michael visits the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. Some weeks earlier a 25-year-old man had fired at the school’s playground. 5 children had been killed and 39 had been wounded.March 5, 1989: Michael invites 200 deprived children of the St. Vincent Institute for handicapped children and of the organization Big Brothers and Big Sisters to the Circus Vargas in Santa Barbara. After this event he invites them to his ranch to introduce his private zoo at his Neverland Ranch to them.November 13, 1989: The organization “Wishes Granted” helps 4-year-old Darian Pagan, who suffers from leukemia to meet Michael. Michael invites the little boy to a performance of Canadian acrobats.December 28, 1989: Young Ryan White, who suffers from hemophilia, spends his holidays on Michael’s ranch. Ryan had been infected with AIDS by contaminated blood transfusions in 1984. After he was excluded from his school in Kokomo, Ryan fought against the discrimination of AIDS victims.January 6, 1990: Michael invites 82 abused and neglected children through Childhelp to his Neverland Ranch. There are games, a Barbeque and a movie show provided for them.July 1990: 45 children from the Project Dream Street, Los Angeles, for children with life-threatening illness are invited to Neverland Valley.August 18, 1990: Michael invites 130 children of the YMCA summer program of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to his Neverland Ranch.May 6, 1991: Michael is invited to the Jane Goodall Charity event. Michael supports her, an advocate of behavioral research concerning chimpanzees in Gombe, Nigeria for more than 30 years.July 26, 1991: Michael pays a visit to the Youth Sports & Art Foundation in Los Angeles. This Foundation supports families of gang members, and helps dealing with drug-abuse. Michael talks to the kids and presents them with a wide-screen TV set and a financial gift.December 1991: Michael’s office MJJ Productions treats needy families in Los Angeles with more than 200 turkey dinners.February 1992: Within 11 days Michael covers 30,000 miles in Africa, to visit hospitals, orphanages, schools, churches, and institutions for mentally handicapped children.February 3, 1992: At a press conference at the New York Radio City Music Hall, Michael announces that he is planning a new world tour, to raise funds for his new “Heal The World” Foundation. This Foundation will support the fight against AIDS, Juvenile Diabetes and will support the Camp Ronald McDonald and the Make A Wish Foundation.May 6, 1992: Michael defrays the funeral-expenses for Ramon Sanchez, who was killed during the Los Angeles riots.June 23, 1992: At a press conference in London, Michael makes an announcement about his Heal The World Foundation.June 26, 1992: Michael presents the Mayor of Munich, Mr. Kronawitter, with a 40,000 DM-check for the needy people of the city.June 29, 1992: Michael visits the Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam and presents a check for 100,000 pounds.July 1992: Michael donated L. 821,477,296 to La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome and donated 120,000 DM to children’s charities in Estonia and Latvia.July 25, 1992: On the occasion of a concert in Dublin, Ireland, Michael announces that he will give 400,000 pounds of the tour earnings to various charities.July 29, 1992: Michael visits the Queen Elizabeth Children’s Hospital in London. To the surprise the children, he brings Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from Euro-Disney to the hospital.July 31, 1992: On the Eve of his second concert at Wembley Stadium, Michael presents Prince Charles with a check of 200,000 pounds for the Prince’s Trust.August 16, 1992: 6 year old Nicholas Killen, who lost his eyesight caused by a life aiding cancer surgery, meets Michael backstage in Leeds, England.September 1992: Michael donated 1 million pesetas to charity headed by the Queen of Spain.September 30, 1992: President Iliescu of Romania inaugurates a playground for 500 orphans which Michael has financed. Michael discusses his Heal The World Foundation.October 1, 1992: Michael chooses a concert in Bucharest, Romania for worldwide television broadcast. Bucharest is a logical choice due to the numerous orphanages the country is known for.November 24, 1992: At Kennedy Airport in New York, Michael supervises the loading of 43 tons of medication, blankets, and winter clothes destined for Sarajevo. The Heal The World Foundation collaborates with AmeriCares to bring resources totaling $2.1 million to Sarajevo. They will be allocated under the supervision of the United Nations.December 10, 1992: During a press conference at the American Ambassy in Tokyo Michael is presented with a check for $100,000 for the Heal The World Foundation by Tour Sponsor Pepsi.December 26, 1992: During a broadcast request for donations to the United Negro College Fund, Michael declares: “Black Colleges and Universities are breeding some of the leading personalities of our time. They are on top in business, justice, science and technologies, politics and religion. I am proud, that the Michael Jackson Scholarship Program enabled more than 200 young men and women to get a qualified education.”January 19, 1993: Michael is one of the stars to perform at the Presidential Inauguration of Bill Clinton. Before he sings “Gone Too Soon” he draws the attention to the plights of the victims of AIDS and mentions his friend Ryan White.January 26, 1993: At a press conference held at Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, Michael is presented with a $200,000 donation from the National Football League and the Sponsors of the Super Bowl. He gets another $500,000 from the BEST Foundation for his Heal The World Foundation. At this occasion the foundation of “Heal L.A.” is officially announced.February 1993: In association with Sega, launched an initiative to distribute more than $108,000 of computer games and equipment to children’s hospitals, children’s homes, and children’s charities throughout the U.K.March 1993: The foundation of an independent film company is announced. They will produce family-oriented movies. A part of the earnings will go to the Heal The World Foundation.March 27, 1993: At a meeting at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Michael gives a 5-minute speech to 1200 teachers and politicians.April 26, 1993: Within his “Heal LA” tour, Michael visits the Watta Health Foundation, and two schools in Los Angeles South Central.May 5, 1993: Former President Jimmy Carter and Michael, who are chairmen of the “Heal Our Children/Heal The World” initiative, are in Atlanta to promote their “Atlanta Project Immunization Drive”.June 1993: Michael has announced that he will donate $1.25 million for children who have suffered from the riots in Los Angeles.June 1993: 100 children from the Challengers Boys and Girls Club visit Neverland.June 10, 1993: Michael promotes the new DARE-program. The purpose of the program is to inform children about the dangers of drug abuse.June 18, 1993: Michael pays a visit to a hospital in Washington. He spends several hours with the young patients and plays chess with some of them.August 1993: With Pepsi-Cola Thailand, donated $40,000 to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s charity, the Rural School Children and Youth Development Fund, in support of school lunch programs in rural villages in Thailand.August 1993: In conjunction with Pepsi-Cola International, donated new ambulances to the Contacts One Independent Living Center for Children in Moscow, Russia and the Hospital de Ninos Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez in Buenos Aires, Argentina.October 1993: Donated $100,000 to the Children’s Defense Fund, the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys and Girl Clubs of Newark, New Jersey.October 22, 1993: Michael visits a hospital in Santiago.October 28, 1993: Michael makes it possible for 5000 underprivileged children to visit the Reino Aventura Park, where the whale Keiko (”Free Willy”) is living.November 5, 1993: Michael is guest at a children’s party at the Hard Rock Cafe in Mexico City.December 1993: With the Gorbachev Foundation, airlifted 60,000 doses of children’s vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia.December 16, 1993: The Heal The World Foundation UK supports “Operation Christmas Child” delivering toys, sweets, gifts and food to children in former Yugoslavia.1994: Michael donates $500,000 to Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS Foundation.January 7, 1994: On the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Michael gives a party for more than 100 underprivileged children at his Neverland Ranch.February 22, 1994: “The Jackson Family Honors” is televised. The earnings of the show are given to their own newly formed charity, “Family Caring for Families”.August 6, 1994: Michael and his wife Lisa Marie are visiting two children’s hospitals in Budapest. They distribute toys to the ill children.1995: Michael wants to free dolphins who have been locked up for years. He believes there should be legal guidelines about the way dolphins have to live in zoos and parks.March 1995: Little Bela Farkas received a new liver. Michael and Lisa Marie met this 4-year-old boy during their trip to Hungary in 1994. Michael did everything to help Bela, whose only chance to live was getting a new liver. The Heal The World Foundation covered the surgery and the cost for caring.June 21, 1996: Michael donated a four-times platinum disc of “HIStory” in aid of the Dunblane appeal at the Royal Oak Hotel, Sevenoaks in England.July 18, 1996: In Soweto, South Africa Michael is laying down a wreath of flowers for youngsters who have been killed during the fights involving Apartheid.September 1996: The first Sports Festival “Hope” was held for orphans and disadvantaged children. 3000 children and 600 volunteers took part in the Sports Festival and Michael Jackson was a special guest.September 6, 1996: Michael visits the children’s unit of a hospital in Prague.October 1996: Michael visited a hospital for mentally challenged children in Kaoshiung, Taiwan and offered 2,000 free tickets to the sold out performance in Kaoshiung.October 1, 1996: Michael donated the proceeds of his Tunisia concert to “The National Solidarity Fund”, a charity dedicated to fighting poverty.October 3, 1996: Michael visits a children’s hospital and brings small gifts for the patients during a HIStory tour visit in Amsterdam. A room in the hospital (for parents who want to be with their children) is named after Michael.November 1, 1996: Michael donates most of the earnings from a HIStory concert in Bombay, India to the poor people of the country.November 7, 1996: Before his first concert in Auckland, New Zealand, Michael fulfills the wish of little Emely Smith, who is suffering from cancer, who wants to meet Michael.November 25, 1996: Michael visited the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, delivering toys, signing autographs, and visiting with children.December 9, 1996: During a HIStory tour visit in Manila, Michael visits a children’s hospital. He announces that a part of his concert earnings will be donated to the renovation of the hospital.January 25, 1997: Michael waved his personal fee for his Bombay appearance and donated $1.1 million to a local charity helping to educate children living in slums.April 4, 1997: British magazine “OK!” is publishing exclusive photos of Michael’s son Prince. The magazine pays about 1 million pounds for the photos. Michael donates the money to charity.June 18, 1997: Michael signed the “Children in Need” book auctioned by the charity UNESCO.September 1998: Michael meets 5 year old Aza Woods, who suffers from cancer, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Michael introduces Aza to the attraction “Star Trek: The Experience” and spends the rest of the afternoon with the little boy. Finally Michael invites Aza to spend some time with him at his Neverland Ranch.November 16, 1998: Michael arrives in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is a member of the American Delegation invited by the Minister of Defense. The delegation thanks the government of Zimbabwe for helping to keep the peace in this area.September 4, 1999: Michael presented Nelson Mandela with a check for 1,000,000 South African rand for the “Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.”January 22, 2000: During Christmas last year a violent storm ravaged the park of the Chateau de Versailles and destroyed 10,000 trees in the park. The estimated cost for rebuilding the park is around $20 million. Some celebrities are supporting the restoration of the park. French officials are reporting that Michael Jackson is one of them. He was one of the first people to donate money to this cause.October 28, 2000:Michael painted a plate to be auctioned for the “Carousel of Hope Ball” benefiting childhood diabetes research.March 6, 2001: Michael donated a black hat, a birthday phone-call and a jacket worn at the Monaco Music Awards in 2000 to the Movie Action for Children auction, an event being given by UNICEF with all proceeds will going to UNICEF’s efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Africa.March 26, 2001: Michael handed out books to young people at a Newark, NJ theater. The event, which helped to launch the Michael Jackson International Book Club, part of his new Heal the Kids charity, aims to promote childhood reading and encourage parents to return to reading bedtime stories.September 15, 2002: Michael donated 16 exclusively autographed items consisting of CD’s, videos and 2 cotton napkins to aid in the support of the victims of a severe flood in Germany. These items were auctioned off for charity and managed to raise 3935 Euro (US$ 3,814).October 12, 2002: Michael Jackson invited more than 200 Team Vandenberg members, who recently returned from overseas deployments, and their families to his Neverland Ranch. This was to show his appreciation for the sacrifices the military in his community make.November 19-29, 2002: Michael donated an autographed teddy bear dressed in his likeness to Siegfried & Roy’s celebrity teddy bear auction. This auction benefits Opportunity Village which is a non-profit organization based in Las Vegas (USA) that enhances the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. Michael’s autographed teddy bear raised $5,000 for the charity.November 21, 2002: Michael donated a jacket to the The Bambi Charity Event in Berlin which raised $16,000.April 25, 2002: Michael Jackson performed at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee at the Apollo Theater in Harlem helping to raise nearly $3 million dollars towards voter registration.June 2003: The Wolf family, who experienced serious damages to their belongings during the flood in Saxony, Germany last August, was invited to Berlin by Michael Jackson when he was at the Bambi Awards. On that occasion Michael invited them to Neverland. In June, they spent three days at Neverland, meeting Michael and his children.Charity AwardsMay 14, 1984: At a ceremony in the White House President Reagan presents Michael an award for special efforts; he is honored for his participation in a national ad campaign against drunk driving.January 1989: The “Say Yes To A Youngsters Future” program honors Michael in recognition of his efforts to encourage children to natural sciences and award him with the “National Urban Coalition Artist/Humanitarian Of The Year Award”.March 1989: At the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California, Michael receives the Black Radio Special Award for his humanitarian efforts.September 22, 1989: The Capital Children’s Museum awards Michael with the Best Of Washington 1989 Humanitarian Award in recognition of his efforts to raise money for the museum, and for his never-ending support of children.February 3, 1990: From Japan Michael receives a Role Model Award.April 5, 1990: During a ceremony, where Michael is awarded as “Entertainer Of The Decade”, Michael meets President George Bush, who honors him with the “Point Of Light” award. Michael receives this award for his philanthropic activities. President Bush explains Michael’s humanitarian commitments to the press.September 14, 1990: The Council of the American Scouts honors Michael with the first “Good Scout Humanitarian Award”. Michael receives this award for his humanitarian activities by supporting the Make A Wish Foundation, the Prince’s Trust, the United Negro College Fund and Childhelp USA.October 23, 1990: Michael Jackson and Elton John will be the first recipients of the award in memory of Ryan White, which will be handed over in 1991.May 1, 1992: President George Bush presents Michael with the “Point of Light” award for his continuing support of deprived children. During his stay, Michael visits little Raynal Pope, who had been injured very badly by dogs.June 3, 1992: The organization “One To One”, who is caring for better living conditions of young people, honors Michael with an award for his commitment to deprived youngsters.July 1993: The American Friends of Hebrew University honors Michael with the Scopus Award 1993.August 1993: The Jack The Rapper Awards are presented and Michael is honored with the “Our Children, Our Hope Of Tomorrow” award.November 17, 1993: Michael rejects the Scopus Award. He was nominated for this award, which was planned to be given him on January 29th, 1994.April 12, 1994: On occasion of the 2nd Children’s Choice Award ceremony at Cit Center in New York, Michael is presented with the “Caring For Kids” award. This award is to honor celebrities, who take time for young people. 100,000 children and young people from 8 to 18 years old gave Michael their vote of confidence. The Children’s Choice Awards are sponsored by Body Sculpt, a charity organization, that offers drug-prevention programs for young people.November 2, 1995: Michael receives the award “Diamont of Africa”.March, 30, 1996: The Ark Trust-Foundation, who wants to draw the attention of the public eye on animal’s problems, presents the 10th Genesis Award. Michael is presented with the 1995 Doris Day Award. He gets this award for the “Earth Song” video, which draws attention to the plight of the animals.May 1, 1999: At the Bollywood awards in New York, Michael is presented with an award for his humanitarian activities. The award is signed: “Though he comes from the young American tradition, Michael is the embodiment of an old indian soul. His actions are an expression of the philosophy of Weda, which asked to work for the people – not for one’s own interests.”OrganizationsThe Millennium-Issue of the “Guinness Book Of Records” names Michael as the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations. The following projects are supported by Michael Jackson:AIDS Project L.A.American Cancer SocietyAngel FoodBig Brothers of Greater Los AngelesBMI FoundationBrotherhood CrusadeBrothman Burn CenterCamp Ronald McDonaldChildhelp U.S.A.Children’s Institute InternationalCities and Schools Scholarship FundCommunity Youth Sports & Arts FoundationCongressional Black CaucusDakar FoundationDreamstreet KidsDreams Come True CharityElizabeth Taylor Aids FoundationHeal The World FoundationJuvenile Diabetes FoundationLove MatchMake A Wish FoundationMinority Aids ProjectMotown MuseumNAACPNational Rainbow CoalitionRotary Club of AustraliaSociety of SingersStarlight FoundationThe Carter Center’s Atlanta ProjectThe Sickle Cell Research FoundationTransafricaUnited Negro College FundUnited Negro College Fund Ladder’s of HopeVolunteers of AmericaWatts Summer FestivalWish GrantingYMCA – 28th Street/CrenshawBig Brothers/Big Sisters of AmericaThis is the oldest mentoring organization serving youth in the USA.BBBSA has provided one-to-one mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and children at risk since 1904. BBBSA currently serves over 100,000 children and youth in more than 500 agencies throughout all of the United States.BMI FoundationFrom jazz to musical theater, from music education for gifted youngsters to support for the work of accomplished concert music composers, the BMI Foundation seeks out the best and most promising of today’s and tomorrow’s musical creators and offers a platform of support that fosters their growth and ensures the continuation of the heritage of American musical ingenuity for generations to come.Childhelp USAChildhelp USA is dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational, und spiritual needs of abused and neglected children focusing efforts and resources upon treatment, prevention.Children’s Institute InternationalThis is a private, non-profit organization specializing in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.Over the past 90 years, CII has evolved from a shelter for single mothers and their babies to an internationally recognized model of comprehensive care and assistance for at-risk children and their families.CII assistance includes child and family assessment supported by 24-hour emergency residential shelter care, family treatment services, therapeutic day care, child health clinic, long-term foster family care, and substance abuse treatment and prevention services.Make A Wish Foundation fulfills the favorite wish of any child between the age of 2 ½ and 18 who has a diagnosed life-threatening illness.Camp Ronald McDonaldCamp for children with cancer.With 750+ Million Records SoldMichael Jackson Has Given More Than$300+ Million to Charities.

Top 100 Random Fun Facts Everyone Should KnowLooking for fun facts? Look no further!You’ve found the most in-depth random fun facts on the entire internet, congratulations!Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.Alternatively, you can walk your dog for 45 minutes, which also burns 150 calories – and is much less painful.You can also check out these other weird ways to burn calories.In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.Why isn’t this a law everywhere?!Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.It’s also a fear of feathers themselves. The word “ptero” is the Greek word for feather, and “phobia” is also Greek, meaning fear.Snakes can help predict earthquakes.They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away (121 km), up to five days before it happens.Why not check out these other fun facts about snakes.A flock of crows is known as a murder.Some might say that a group of two crows is an attempted murder!Want to know what a group of owls is called? Well here’s an A to Z of animal group names.The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.It was discovered in Iraq in 1976, however since then the tablet has been lost, but the text remains preserved.So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.The last naturally occurring case of smallpox was diagnosed in October 1977, and the last case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2001.29thMay is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”.This strange holiday spans back to the early 1900’s, where families would place a piece of cloth in their larders.It’s celebrated in Europe and the U.S.A to bring luck & wealth to the household.Read more about Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day right here!Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.That’s one phobia I wouldn’t like to have… it would probably mean they would fear these fun facts!7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.I know 7% doesn’t sound like a lot, but that actually works out at 16.4 million American adults.Sounds like a lot now right?If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.Kangaroos use their tails for balance whilst hopping, so if you elevate their tail, they would have no balance and fall over.Don’t miss these other fun facts about kangaroos.Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.Bananas go through a process called “negative geotropism.” Instead of growing towards the ground, they start growing towards the sun.The fruit grows against gravity, which gives the banana its familiar curved shape.Love bananas? You’ll go bananas over these fun facts about bananas!Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.Billy goats, or bucks is the name given to male goats.Generally they urinate on themselves in late summer through fall, and for humans, it’s not a pleasant smell.The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee after he died.Walter Frederick Morrison invented the Frisbee in 1948, which was originally called the Pluto Platter.In 2010, at age 90 he died and his family cremated him and turned his ashes in to the Frisbee.During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.An average human produces between 1 to 2 liters of saliva each day, which is a maximum of 730 liters per year.The average life expectancy is just over 70 years, which gives a maximum of 51,100 liters of saliva produced in an average lifetime.This is more than enough to fill two swimming pools.If Pinocchio says “My Nose Will Grow Now”, it would cause a paradox.This is known as Pinocchio’s Paradox.If you think about it, Pinocchio’s nose would have to grow to make his statement not a lie, but then it can’t grow otherwise the statement would not be a lie.Polar bears could eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting……If they didn’t live at opposite ends of the earth! Polar bears live in the arctic, whereas penguins usually live in Antarctica.King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe beside him.This wasn’t the only lethal weapon he owned. King Henry VIII had a huge collection of weapons, which included 6,500 handguns.Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”.The problem with the trailers showing after the film was that audience wouldn’t stay around to watch them, making the trailers rather ineffective.An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.Never underestimate an eagle!Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.Okay this isn’t exactly a fun fact, but it is interesting! Heart attacks are increased by 20% on Monday’s.The most common time for them to happen is between 4-10 a.m.Don’t worry though, there are positive & fun facts about Monday too!Tennis players are not allowed to swear when they are playing in Wimbledon.Because of this, line judges have to learn curse words in every language so they know when a player has violated the rules.In 2017 more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks.There was only 5 deaths due to shark attacks in 2017, which is lower than the average year.The average amount of deaths caused by sharks is 6.Worldwide, there was 35 deaths caused by taking selfies in 2017.The top six foods that make your fart are beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk.It’s probably best if you avoid eating any of these if you’re going on a date!You’ll probably like to know some fun facts about these foods that make you poo.There is a species of spider called the Hobo Spider.Most bites from the Hobo Spider (Tegenaria agrestis) happen when the spider is accidentally crushed or squeezed by a human.A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away.To be more specific, a lion can roar as loud as 114 decibels, which is roughly 25 times louder than a gas-powered lawnmower.If you like this fun fact, check out our clothing over at The Fact Shop – A Lion’s Roar Can Be Heard From 5 Miles Away T-ShirtSaint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.Saint Lucia was discovered by the French after they were shipwrecked on the island.They arrived on December 13thwhich is the feast day of Saint Lucy – hence, why they named it Saint Lucia!If you’re planning a vacation, why not check out these random fun facts about Saint Lucia!A baby spider is called a spiderling.Spiders aren’t cute, but this name kind of is! Spiderling is the official name for immature spiders.On top of that, spiderlings are often born in groups of thousands!Check out these eight creepy facts about spiders.The United States Navy has started using Xbox controllers for their periscopes.You read that right – because the control stick for periscopes is so complicated, using Xbox controllers reduces the learning time from hours to minutes.Another bonus: Xbox controllers cost $37,980 less!The following can be read forward and backwards: Do geese see God?This sentence is what is called a “palindrome.”The word itself is from the Greek “palin” meaning “back,” and “dromos” meaning “direction.”A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.You would think this would make them hard to spot, however since eggs are laid by the tens of thousands, it would be hard to miss a massive cluster of pea-sized octopuses!A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.You read that right – in 1783, the first hot air balloon was launched carrying a sheep, duck, and a rooster.The flight lasted for 8 minutes before landing safely with its passengers.In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years of age.Of the 41 million inhabitants, nearly half of those are youths.If you were to expand the age to just 30, that brings the percentage up to 77%!The average male gets bored of a shopping trip after 26 minutes.Meanwhile, women don’t get tired of shopping until around 2 hours!So next time you see a couple at a retail store with a bored looking boyfriend, you know they’ve been out for more than half an hour.In the 16th Century, Arab women could initiate a divorce if their husbands didn’t pour coffee for them.Today, this would be unheard of. But back then, coffee was an integral part of Turkish society. So much so, that it was “grounds” for divorce.No one knows why exactly this was acceptable, but the fact remains that it was!Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch television for 3 hours.Yup, that’s how important recycling is!The average person has the chance to recycle 25,000 cans in their lifetime – that’s 75,000 hours of television!After the premiere of “16 and Pregnant,” teen pregnancy rates dropped.MTV may not have the most wholesome programs, but after the premier of this show, teen pregnancy dropped by 5.7% within 18 months of the show airing.Approximately 10-20% of U.S. power outages are caused by squirrels.Harmless and cute as they seem, these fuzzy little creatures aren’t as innocent as you think!Squirrels have a tendency of chewing the wires, but luckily it’s a simple fix.Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all banned in China.Those aren’t the only ones either – over 8,000 domain names are blocked.Other major banned social network sites include Pinterest and Tumblr.95% of people text things they could never say in person.Are you guilty of this? I know I am.Honeybees can recognize human faces.Whereas before it was thought that only large brained mammals could distinguish faces, but honeybees can do this as well!They see faces in a compilation of 5,000 individual images – kind of like pixels.The Battle of Hastings didn’t take place in Hastings.The famous Battle of Hastings actually took place 7 miles from Hastings in a town that is today known as Battle. Fitting, right?You may also like these fun facts about The Battle of Hastings.While trying to find a cure for AIDS, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.This is due to their use a specific protein that was fluorescent green.They used this protein to find out if their tests worked: if the animal glowed, the outcome was successful.A swarm of 20,000 bees followed a car for two days because their queen was stuck inside.When the car parked, the thousands of bees swarmed onto the car and had to be taken off by beekeepers.The next day, the bees were back on the car because the queen was still inside and the swarm had to be taken off again.Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.Because the temperature in the Antarctic is well below zero, the urine can’t evaporate and just combines with the glaciers.Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.Yep, his full name is Robert Allen Zimmerman – he started going by Bob Dylan early on in his career for no real reason. Simply because he wanted to!A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out.Because their tongues are attached to the roof of their mouths, crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out – although their very similar counterparts, alligators, can.If you like this crocodile fact, we have this awesome fun fact printed on our t-shirts: A Crocodile Can’t Stick its Tongue Out T-Shirt.Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.This is a method mostly used by a mother and her pup to prevent them from separating.Other than holding hands, they may also wrap themselves in kelp to keep from drifting away!A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.If you consider how large a blue whale’s heart is the size of a small car, it’s no surprise that a small child, around 3-4 years old, could swim through the massive veins of a blue whale.Bin Laden’s death was announced on 1stMay 2011. Hitler’s death was announced on 1stMay 1945.Both of these cruel leader’s deaths were announced on the same day, but due to the time difference, Bin Laden actually died on May 2nd.The announcement was made in the U.S. which was hours enough ahead to still be May 1st.J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name ‘Hermione’ so young girls wouldn’t be teased for being nerdy.The name Hermione came from Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale.”Rowling says when she chose the name, she “didn’t want a lot of fairly hard-working little girls to be teased if ever the book was published.”Hewlett-Packard’s (also known as HP) name was decided in a coin toss in 1939.The name was always going to be a hyphenation of the two founders last names, so in order to decide between Hewlett-Packard and Packard-Hewlett, they flipped a coin.You may also like these top 100 fun facts about technology.There is a total of 1,710 steps in the Eiffel Tower.Standing 108 stories tall, there are 1,710 steps to get to the top of the Eiffel Tower.However, guests are only allowed to climb the stairs until the first platform.From there, they must take a lift to the top.The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.The third Pokemon of the Hitmons is also named after a martial artist.Hitmontop is named after a lesser known martial artist, Larry Top.If you love Pokémon, you’ll love these fun facts about the original 151 Pokémon.A woman once tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Empire State Building. She jumped from the 86thfloor but was blown back onto the 85thfloor by a gust of wind.Standing almost 1,500 feet tall, there’s no way anyone could survive that fall.However, when Elvita Adams tried to kill herself by jumping, a strong gust of wind blew her to the floor below.The worst injury she sustained was a fractured hip.Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.Along with many other reasons! Due to superstitions, they thought it protected them from bad eyesight (or even blindness), seasickness, and drowning.Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”The original name was quite a mouthful. It translates to “town of our lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciuncula.”Now, Los Angeles is just “The Angels.”The Twitter bird actually has a name – Larry.The name comes from Larry Bird, who is a famous Hall of Fame basketball player.The species of Larry the Bird still remains a secret!Octopuses have four pairs of arms.The six of an octopus’ tentacles serve as arms, while the other two are their “legs.”They use six tentacles just to eat!In the popular sitcom, Parks and Recreation, the writers had no idea Nick Offerman was a talented saxophone player when they wrote the Duke Silver plot line.Nick Offerman has played the saxophone his whole life, so when the writer wrote about his character being a secret jazz musician, the coincidence was perfect.It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18thFebruary 1979.So far, this is the only known time in history that it snowed in the Sahara!Unsurprisingly, the snow melted away very quickly.Mike Tyson once offered a zoo attendant 10,000 dollars to let him fight a gorilla.As it is, Tyson bribed a worker to open the zoo for just he and his wife to see the animals.While on this romantic stroll, he tried to also bribe a zookeeper to let him fight a gorilla.The zoo attendant said no.ABBA turned down 1 billion dollars to do a reunion tour.In 2000, ABBA was offered $1 billion dollars to reunite for 100 shows – which would have been $250 million per member.They turned it down because it wasn’t for them.There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans.They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.If you love these big cats, you’ll love these fun facts about snow leopards.The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.Invented in 1787, Levi Hutchins needed a way to wake up in time for work, so he made the alarm clock.It took almost 100 years for a wind up alarm clock to be invented that could be set to any time.Birds don’t urinate.Contrary to what most mammals do, birds convert nitrogen to uric acid.They get rid of this uric acid through the same place as they get rid all their other waste – their anus.Dying is illegal in the Houses of Parliaments.Strange as it is, this law is in place because anyone who dies in the Houses of Parliaments is entitled to a state funeral.This has been voted as the most ridiculous law by the British citizens.You might like to know these fun facts about the top ten most crazy laws in the U.K.The most venomous jellyfish in the world is the Irukandji.While it’s not the most deadly jellyfish, it is number two!Even more shocking, is that this tiny jellyfish is smaller than your fingernail.Its venom is 100 times more powerful than a cobra’s!The 20thof March is Snowman Burning Day.This strange holiday was spawned by American and Swiss citizens to symbolize the end of the winter season.If you’re wondering how you actually burn a snowman, we have more fun facts about Snowman Burning Day here!Queen Elizabeth can’t sit on the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.Queen Elizabeth visited the set of Game of Thrones, but because of an obscure rule, she wasn’t allowed to sit on it – the ruling monarch can’t sit on a foreign throne, even if it’s fictional, apparently.There is official Wizard of New Zealand.In 1990, the Prime Minister of New Zealand appointed Ian Brackenbury Channell, who was an old friend, as the Wizard of New Zealand. He is even given an annual stipend.If you’re planning a trip to the country where The Lord of the Rings was filmed, you’ll want to check out these fun facts about New Zealand!An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.Our sense of taste is 80% made up of our sense of smell.If you were to blindfold yourself and plug your nose, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between these three foods!Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime.Just a few months before his death, Van Gogh sold his painting “The Red Vineyard.”It was sold in Brussels, Belgium for 400 francs.You may also like these 30 fun facts about Vincent van Gogh.A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!Not only do they make plates out of wheat, but spoons, bowls, and chopsticks as well.The dishes can be kept for months as long as they stay dry!The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.Assuming the average person lives until they’re 80, they will walk about 110,000 miles in their lifetime.The circumference of the equator is 24,900 miles.Michael Jackson offered to make a Harry Potter musical, but J.K. Rowling rejected the idea.Rowling defended herself because she says she turned down a lot of adaption opportunities, and Michael Jackson’s just so happened to be one of them.The world record for stuffing drinking straws into your mouth at once is 459.Manoj Kumar Maharana, from India, broke the world record on 28thAugust 2017 for stuffing 459 drinking straws in his mouth at once!In order to break it, he had to keep them in his mouth for at least 10 seconds.Nutella was invented during WWII, when hazelnuts were mixed into chocolate to extend chocolate rations.In an effort to extend his chocolate rations during World War Two, an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate.The final Nutella product was created by his son who decided to perfect the recipe.In 2011, more than 1 in 3 divorce filings in the U.S. contained the word “Facebook.”References to social networks are on the rise when it comes to divorce cases, as well as child custody cases.According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.Depending on your beliefs, these Genesis verses state that God created birds – not eggs that would hatch into birds. This includes chickens!Honeybees can get drunk on fermented tree sap.It affects bees in a similar way that alcohol affects humans, causing flying accidents and making it difficult to get back to the hive.Sober bees at the hive will attack the drunken bees to prevent them from entering the hive.Tears contain a natural pain killer which reduces pain and improves your mood.It’s actually an endorphin, which is why you can tend to feel better after a good cry!So next time you feel the need to break down, don’t be shy!Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.While not all squirrels bury their nuts, the ones that do only recover around 26% of their nuts.Don’t miss these fun facts about squirrels.Millions of birds a year die from smashing into windows in the U.S. alone.The actual number is somewhere between 365 million and 988 million!While the exact number of the bird population is uncertain, this comes out to about 2 to 10 percent of birds in the United States.Dolly Parton lost in a Dolly Parton look-alike contest.Dolly Parton entered a Dolly Parton themed drag queen contest, did her hair and makeup more dramatically, and not only lost, but received the least applause.George W. Bush was once a cheerleader.Bush was a cheerleader in High School, and continued to be one while he attended Yale.In high school, he was even promoted to head cheerleader!In total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.Even though they are much greater in size to humans (we have 206), horses have just about the same number of bones in their skeleton as we do!Coca-Cola owns all website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.A 2013 digital campaign by Coca-Cola spurred the company to purchase all 62 URL’s.You can read more fun facts about Coca-Colahere!Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.Some of these make sense, like a child of infant falling in.Others are attributed to toilet seats falling down, or complications due to bowel movements.Strawberries can be red, yellow, green or white.This of course refers to the different maturity stages of a strawberry.Before it’s ripe and red, it will be green. Yellow strawberries are a different type altogether – called Alpine Strawberries.If you want more fun facts about this fruit, here are seven scrumptious facts about strawberries.Mewtwo is a clone of the Pokémon Mew, yet it comes before Mew in the Pokédex.Because Mewtwo was in the Pokémon game, but Mew was only acquired through events at the time, Mewtwo was given the number 150, while Mew is number 151.Four people lived in a home for 6 months infested with about 2,000 brown recluse spiders, but none of them were harmed.While the brown recluse is one of three spiders in North America with venom that requires medical treatment, they are hardly ever aggressive.Madonna suffers from brontophobia, which is the fear of thunder.This scary sounding word isn’t so complicated – it’s the fear of thunder.Madonna is so scared of it that she has been known to frequently check weather reports before shows.The fear of thunder is also known as astraphobia, astrapophobia, keraunophobia or tonitrophobia.In June 2017, the Facebook community reached 2 billion active users.Meaning, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses this popular social media outlet!Samuel L. Jackson requested to have a purple lightsaber in Star Wars in order for him to accept the part as Mace Windu.Jackson wanted to be able to find himself on screen in big fight scenes, so he managed to get George Lucas to approve his request.See our full list of fun facts about Star Warshere.Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.A few famous people are stricken with this absurd phobia, such as Franklin Roosevelt, and surprisingly enough, Stephen King.You can find out more fun facts about Stephen King here!Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.They were originally been developed as crepe paper and used for gas mask filters.The actual Kleenex product we know of today evolved from that by accident.In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.These cameras had special lenses that use infrared light meant to be used as night vision, but it also allowed you to see through some types of clothing.During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.This equals out to about 35.5 days in total.At about two minutes per day, this equates to 0.1% of your life!Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese.Ever since the first McDonald’s opened in Japan in 1971, the mascot has been called Donald McDonald.Often, Japanese people are surprised to learn he has a different name everywhere else.You’ve read 100 fun facts! Did you read them all?Did you like them?We loved them, so we thought we’d give you some extra random fun facts, how kind are we!?Here are another 10 interesting and random facts you can share with your friends!Ants leave maps for other ants when they walk.Ants leave pheromone trails when they walk as maps for other ants to follow, meaning they can travel the fastest route to food or their hive.The more ants that walk that route, the stronger the map is for others to follow.If you like this fun fact, check out these twenty random facts about ants.The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.The stapes is a bone in the middle ear of humans that which helps conduct sound vibrations for identification.It is only roughly 0.04 inch (1mm) in size.People with brain damage can suffer from “joke addiction”.A study by neurologists showed that some patients who suffered from brain trauma and have developed damage on the right-hand side of their brain have a compulsive obsession to tell jokes which they find hilarious, whilst not finding other peoples’ jokes funny.Most Korean people don’t have armpit odor.Only 0.006% of the Korean population have the ABCC11 gene, which is the cause of armpit odor.As a result deodorants are rarely sold in Korea.Captive pandas sometimes fake pregnancies.Pandas sometimes carry on showing symptoms synonymous of early pregnancy after noticing their preferential treatment, such as private accommodation, air conditioning and extra food.Bonus fun fact: In captivity, giant pandas can live up to 35 years old, but only 15 years in the wild.There is a sea slug that is part animal and part plant.The Elysia Chlorotica, a green sea slug, is the first animal ever discovered to create chlorophyll like a plant.This makes it capable of photosynthesis, meaning it is part animal and part plant.The common cold comes from camels.Scientists studying a deadly disease transmitted from camels also found camels contain the pathogens from which the common cold was born.Camels are able to transmit diseases to humans and this is where they believe the common cold originated.You might also like to know the facts about why camels have humps.You can fire a gun in space.Modern firearm ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical which triggers the explosion of gunpowder that fires a bullet.This means that the oxygen-free vacuum of space wouldn’t stop a gun from firing, as no atmospheric oxygen is required.Ketchup was a medicine in the early 1800s.In 1834, American Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to ketchup, adding many vitamins and antioxidants to the sauce.He then branded it as a medicine to cure Diarrhea, Indigestion, Jaundice and Rheumatism.Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.Alongside this only 1% of the seabed has been discovered and explored.Sea exploration and mapping didn’t truly start until the 1960s due to the lack of technology beforehand.That really is the end of these random facts now!Source:- Top 100 Random Fun Facts Everyone Should Know | The Fact Site