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A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain All polar bears are left handed Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches 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
Women blink nearly twice as much as men Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older On average people fear spiders more than death On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal" The second was William Jefferson Clinton |  |
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes
The electric chair was invented by a dentist Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH." It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow Elephants are the only animals that can't jump Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined
Butterflies taste with their feet. Turtles can breathe through their butts A snail can sleep for three years |
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Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married Walt Disney was afraid of mice Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush
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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
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order
Pearls melt in vinegar All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public Marilyn Monroe had six toes Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma
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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