> >> > > >A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if
> her
> >> > > >husband doesn't give her coffee.
> >>
> >> > > >  A shark can detect one part of blood in
> 100 million
> >> > > >parts of water.
> >>
> >> > > >The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents
> the number
> >> > > >of ingredients in the sauce.
> >>
> >> > > >A rat can last longer without water than a
> camel.
> >>
> >> > > >Your stomach has to produce a new layer of
> mucus
> >> > > >every two weeks otherwise it will digest
> itself.
> >>
> >> > > >The dot over the letter 'i' is called a
> tittle.
> >>
> >> > > >A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh
> champagne will
> >> > > >bounce up and down continually from the
> bottom of the
> >> > > >glass to the top.
> >>
> >> > > >A person cannot taste food unless it is
> mixed with
> >> > > >saliva.  For example, if strong-tasting
> substance like
> >> > > >salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste
> buds will not be
> >> > > >able to taste it.  As soon as a drop of
> saliva is added and the salt
> >> > > >is dissolved, however, a definite taste
> sensation results.
> >> > > >This is true for all foods.
> >>
> >> > > >A male emperor moth can smell a female
> emperor moth up to
> >> > > >7 miles away.
> >>
> >> > > >George Washington grew marijuana in his
> garden.
> >>
> >> > > >Some insects can live up to a year without
> their heads.
> >>
> >> > > >Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance
> ever nominated
> >> > > >for an Oscar with Midnight Cowboy.  Her
> entire role lasted
> >> > > >only six minutes.
> >>
> >> > > >A giraffe can clean its ears with its
> 21-inch tongue.
> >>
> >> > > >The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor
> who had
> >> > > >red eyes.  He was albino.
> >>
> >> > > >Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a
> plant,
> >> > > >lock their mandibles (jaws) into position,
> stretch out at
> >> > > >right angles to the stem, and, with legs
> dangling, fall asleep.
> >>
> >> > > >During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a
> small red
> >> > > >car can be seen in the distance.
> >>
> >> > > >Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was
> nine.
> >> > > >His parents thought he might be retarded.
> >>
> >> > > >On average, 12 newborns will be given to the
> wrong
> >> > > >parents daily.
> >>
> >> > > >John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the
> life of
> >> > > >Abraham Lincoln's son.
> >>
> >> > > >Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are
> brother and sister.
> >>
> >> > > >Chocolate kills dogs!  True, chocolate
> affects a
> >> > > >dog's heart and nervous system, a few ounces
> enough to
> >> > > >kill a small sized dog.
> >>
> >> > > >Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
> >>
> >> > > >Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out
> of
> >> > > >cotton.  Before the 1950s it was made from
> Hemp.  The
> >> > > >stem and leaves of a marijuana plant.
> >>
> >> > > >Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by
> torpedoing up
> >> > > >into the shark's stomach from underneath,
> causing the
> >> > > >shark to explode.
> >>
> >> > > >Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland
> because
> >> > > >he doesn't wear pants.
> >>
> >> > > >Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
> >>
> >> > > >Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand
> and draw
> >> > > >with the other at the same time.
> >>
> >> > > >Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given
> out
> >> > > >during World War II were made of wood.
> >>
> >> > > >The number of possible ways of playing the
> first
> >> > > >four moves per side in a game of chess is
> >> > > >318,979,564,000.
> >>
> >> > > >Upper and lower case letters are named
> 'upper' and
> >> > > >'lower', because in the time when all
> original print had to
> >> > > >be set in individual letters, the 'upper
> case' letters were
> >> > > >stored in the case on top of the  case that
> >> > > >stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
> >>
> >> > > >There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling
> casinos.
> >>
> >> > > >There are no words in the dictionary that
> rhyme
> >> > > >with: orange, purple, and silver!
> >>
> >> > > >The numbers '172' can be found on the back
> of the
> >> > > >U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the
> base of the
> >> > > >Lincoln Memorial.
> >>
> >> > > >The name Wendy was made up for the book
> Peter Pan,
> >> > > >there was never a recorded Wendy before!
> >>
> >> > > >Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, also,
> it took
> >> > > >him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
> >>
> >> > > >Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had
> to SLOW
> >> > > >a film down so you could see his moves. 
> That's the
> >> > > >opposite of the norm.
> >>
> >> > > >Bubble gum contains rubber.
> >>
> >> > > >The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce
> >> > > >Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'
> >>
> >> > > >By raising your legs slowly and laying on
> your back,
> >> > > >you can't sink in quicksand.
> >>
> >> > > >Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on
> Scooby-Doo.
> >>
> >> > > >Celery has negative calories!  It takes more
> >> > > >calories to eat a piece of celery than the
> celery has in
> >> > > >it to begin with.
> >>
> >> > > >Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep
> you from
> >> > > >crying!
> >>
> >> > > >An elephant can smell water three miles
> away.
> >>
> >> > > >Guinness Book of Records holds the record
> for being
> >> > > >the book most often stolen from Public
> Libraries.
> >>
> >> > > >  Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans
> before they
> >> > > >go into space because passing wind in a
> spacesuit damages
> >> > > >them.
> >>
> >> > > >Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap
> to keep
> >> > > >him cool!  He changed it every 2 innings!
> >>
> >> > > >Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
> >
> 
> 
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