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It took 20 years and 10 million carloads of soil and
rock to create New York City's 843-acre Central Park.
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The average adult has about
18 square feet of skin.
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On some Caribbean Islands,
the oysters can climb trees.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was afraid of cats.
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The most common surname in the world is Li,
and about 87 million people have it.
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John Wayne had a size 18-inch neck.
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About 4 % of all Americans are vegetarians.
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The most popular boat name
used by new owners is 'Obsession'.
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Those San Francisco Cable cars are
the only mobile National Monuments.
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The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
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The world's youngest parents were
8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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The cost of raising a medium-size
dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.
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Conception occurs more often in
December than any other month.
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the
market was the Victorola, so they called themselves Motorola.
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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an
old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat
your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies,
you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money
in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original
"Halloween" was a Captain Krik mask painted white.
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A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make
it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan';
there was never a recorded Wendy before!
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given
out during WW II were made of wood.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand
and draw with the other at the same time.
(hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
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Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower'
because in early type setting individual letters for upper case
letters were stored at the top of the type case and the lower
case letters were stored in the lower section of the case.
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Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830's.
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315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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The dot over the letter i is called a"tittle".
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Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go
into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
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An elephant can smell water three miles away.
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Chewing gum while peeling onions
will keep you from crying.
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Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.
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By raising your legs slowly and laying on
your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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Bubble gum contains rubber.
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Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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Money isn't made out of paper,
it's made out of cotton.
Before the 1950's is was made from hemp
-the stem and leaves of a marijuana plant.
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Chocolate kills dogs!
Chocolate effects a dogs heart and nervous system,
a few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
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On average, 12 newborns will be
given to the wrong parents daily.
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Every person has a unique tongue print.
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A female ferret will die if it goes
into heat and cannot find a mate.
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40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
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Some insects can live up to a year without their heads.
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up
and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus
every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce
if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
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William Jefferson Clinton was the second US president
whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal".
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Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose
name contains all the letters from the word "criminal".
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The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
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The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with
enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
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Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
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The sound of E.T. walking was made by
someone squishing their hands in jelly.
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All the US Presidents have worn glasses.
Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
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Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
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Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having
an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
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Michael Jordan made more money from Nike annually
than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever
have been the head on a Pez dispenser.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
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The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the
number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient
at waking you up in the morning.
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The first CD pressed in the US was
Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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American Airlines saved over $40,000.00 in 1987 by
eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
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A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than
the Wright brother's first flight.
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Oak trees do not produce acorns until
they are fifty years of age or older.
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You burn more calories sleeping
than you do watching television.
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One in every four Americans has appeared on television.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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