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- In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY
hair from their bodies, including their
eyebrows and eyelashes
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue
out.
- The ant always falls over on its right
side when intoxicated.
- Polar bears are left-handed.
- The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds,
that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal
having the most taste buds.
- The only 15 letter word that can be
spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.
- First novel ever written on a typewriter
is Tom Sawyer.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long
as both parties are registered blood donors.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland
because he doesn't wear pants.
- More people are killed by donkeys annually
than are killed in plane crashes.
- The name of all the continents end
with the same letter that they start with.
- The word "lethologica" describes
the state of not being able to remember
the word you want.
- If the population of China walked past
you in single file, the line would never
end because of the rate of reproduction.
- The word racecar and kayak are the
same whether they are read left to right
or right to left.
- A cockroach will live nine days without
its head, before it starves to death.
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- Elephants are the only animals that
can't jump.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its
brain.
- Starfish haven't got brains.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients
of dynamite.
- 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.
- Los Angeles's full name is "El
Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula". And can
be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just
striped fur.
- In most advertisements, including newspapers,
the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- Al Capone's business card said he was
a used furniture dealer.
- When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
play football at home, the stadium becomes
the state's third largest city.
- The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame
Street were named after Bert the cop and
Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's
"Its A Wonderful Life".
- The microwave was invented after a
researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
- John Lennon's first girlfriend was
named Thelma Pickles.
- The average person falls asleep in
seven minutes.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation
golf ball.
- The average secretary's left hand does
56% of the typing.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink
with both eyes.
- There are more chickens than people
in the world.
- Two-thirds of the world's eggplant
is grown in New Jersey.
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three
seconds.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- On an American one-dollar bill, there
is an owl in the upper left-hand corner
of the "1" encased in the "shield"
and a spider hidden in the front upper
right-hand corner.
- There are only four words in the English
language which end in "- dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous.
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