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The liquid inside young coconuts can be
used as a substitute for blood plasma.
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A toothbrush should be kept at least 6 feet away from a
toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray
blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929;
"7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces.
"UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
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No word in the English language rhymes with purple.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked
by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
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The Characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street
were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the Taxi
driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
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Al Capone's business card said
he was a used furniture dealer.
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There are only four words in the
English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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Maine is the only state (in the USA)
whose name is just one syllable.
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Winston Churchill was born in
a ladies' room during a dance.
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There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
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No word in the English language rhymes with 'SILVER'.
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The longest one-syllable word in the
English language is 'screeched'.
As in; He screeched his tires.
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There are more chickens than people in the world.
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The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
(Mrknowitall tested!)
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No word in the English language rhymes with "ORANGE".
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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A crocodile cannot stick it's tongue out.
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"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their
bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. Ouch!
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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The Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
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No word in the English language rhymes with "MOUTH".
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A snail can sleep for three years.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks
over an inch every year because when it was built,
engineers failed to take into account the weight
of all the books that would occupy the building.
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All polar bears are left handed.
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It's possible to lead a cow upstairs
. . . . but not downstairs.
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Only one person in two billion
will live to be 116 years or older!
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Thirty-five percent of the people who use
personal ads for dating are already married.
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Ninety percent of New York City
cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
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On average people fear spiders
more than they do death.
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On average, 100 people choke to
death on ballpoint pens every year.
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In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy
than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
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A duck's quack doesn't echo,
and no one know why,
not even Mrknowitall!
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Butterflies taste with their feet.
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Disney animators used Marilyn Monroe's
body as the model for Tinkerbell.
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The 27-inch-high silver America's Cup
holds no liquid, it is bottomless.
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Janet Guthrie was the first woman
to race in the Indianapolis 500.
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During the Middle Ages, you could be accused
of witchcraft if your pets disobeyed you.
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The oldest known goldfish lived to
41 years of age, and was named Fred.
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The Barbie dolls were introduced
in 1959, and sold for $3.00.
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There are more bagpipe bands in
the US than there are in Scotland.
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In Alabama, a man was once tried and convicted
for wearing a false moustache to church.
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In Omaha, NE, it's illegal
to burp or sneeze in church.
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According to the Bible, there
were 2 windows on Noah's Ark.
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Honolulu is Hawaiian
for 'Sheltered Harbor'.
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Bela Lagosi was buried
wearing his Dracula cape.
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In ancient Egypt, only Pharaohs
were allowed to eat mushrooms.
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It takes an average person 15 to 20
minutes to walk once around the Pentagon.
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A week-old gazelle can
outrun a full-grown horse.
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A teaspoon holds
120 drops of water.
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Every day, Americans eat an
estimated 18 acres of pizza.
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Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only
freshwater lake in the world that has sharks.
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Cats have 2 sets of vocal chords,
one for purring, and one for meowing.
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Earthworms have 5 hearts.
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Tornadoes can last as
long as 9 hours.
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Christopher Columbus had blond hair.
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'Aglet' is the plastic or
metal tip of a shoelace.
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There are 450 different types of cheese
in the world, and 240 come from France.
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A recent poll revealed that 33% of dog owners
admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone
and leave them messages on an answering machine.
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The official Olympic flag was introduced
in 1920, at the games played in Belgium.
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Generally, right-handed archers shoot arrows
that turn clockwise. And left-handed
archers arrows turn counterclockwise.
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A bolt of lightning can strike Earth with
a force as great as 100 million volts.
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The only survivor of Custer's Last
Stand was his horse, Comanche.
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The Navajo Indian language was used successfully
as a code by the US Military in World War II.
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Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan,
was the first person to swim
100 meters in less than one minute.
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A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only
thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
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The most popular ice cream flavor in the US is vanilla.
The most popular ice cream topping is hot fudge.
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The biggest Hershey's Kiss ever made weighed
400 pounds. It was a promotion to introduce
the people of Hong Kong to Hershey's products.
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A 2-hour motion picture uses
10,800 feet of film, not including
the previews and commercials.
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When viewed from above,
rainbows are doughnut-shaped.
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The Civil War produced over
400,000 morphine addicts.
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Dueling in Paraguay is legal as long as
both parties are registered blood donors.
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Dick Clark's wife came up with the name, for the singer,
'Chubby Checker'. It was a take-off of Fats Domino.
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Howdy Doody had 72 freckles.
Howdy's brother was Double Doody,
and he had a sister named Heidi.
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A giraffe can kill a
lion with one kick.
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In May 1942, during World War II,
ice cream manufactures were restricted by
law to produce only 20 different flavors.
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The Bactrian camel is the only land
mammal that can survive on salt water.
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Every citizen of Kentucky is required
by law to take a bath once a year.
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All the planets in our solar system
could be placed inside the planet Jupiter.
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The first letter of every continent's
name is the same as the last letter:
AmericA, AntarcticA, EuropE,
AsiA, AustraliA, AfricA.
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The most popular sheet-music song of all time
was "Yes, We Have No Bananas."
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Pirates thought that wearing an earring
in a pierced ear improved their eyesight.
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A hummingbird weighs
less than a penny.
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Hawaii is the only US state
that was once a kingdom.
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Mosquitoes are more likely to bite
you if you've just eaten a banana.
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There are about 5,000 languages
being used in the world today.
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George Washington's false teeth were not made
of wood, they were made of hippopotamus ivory.
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Until 1796, the state of
Tennessee was known as Franklin.
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