| Facts about animals [*] A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana. [*] Most cows give more milk when they listen to music. [*] The dolphins that live in the Amazon river are pink. [*] In 1681, the last dodo bird died. [*] Polar bears are left-handed. [*] A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. [*] Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. [*] Oysters can change from male to female and back again. [*] The oldest goldfish lived 14,975 days. [*] Slugs have 4 noses. [*] The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws can't open wide enough. |
| about people [-] The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime. [-] Hitler and Napolean both had only one testical. [-] You cannot kill yourself by holding your breath. [-] Every person has a unique tongue print. [-] The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft. [-] It only takes 7 lbs. of pressure to rip your ear off. [-] When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart. [-] 13 people a year are killed by vending machines falling on them. [-] Our eyes never grow our nose and ears never stop growing. [-] The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. [-] On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. [-] We spend one-third of our lives sleeping. [-] You breathe 13 pints of air a minute. [-] More people are killed by donkeys than plane crashes. [-] There are 2,382,500 people with the last name "Smith" in the U.S. [-] Women blink more than men. [-] 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. [-] If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. about food [^] Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries. [^] Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. [^] Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking up in the morning. [^] In the summer, walnuts get a tan. [^] Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. [^] Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. [^] The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. [^] Eating several small meals a day is healthier than eating 3 big ones. [^] Hot dogs were never made of dogs, but when they first introduced to the United States, no one would touch them for fear that they were. |
| about places [!] In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. [!] The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. [!] Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft. [!] Zip code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. [!] In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles. [!] The United States consumes 25% of all the worlds' energy. [!] An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards. [!] New Zealand is the only country that contains every type of climate in the world. [!] Every year, Mexico City sinks about 10 Inches. about other things [+] Airbags explode at 200 mph. [+] "Naked" means to be unprotected-"Nude" means unclothed. [+] In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day. [+] The yo yo was originally a weapon in the Philippines. [+] Coca-Cola was originally green. [+] No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple. [+] 1961 was the most recent year that could be written upside-down and rightside-up and appear the same. The next year that this will be possible will be 6009. [+] Months that begin with Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th". [+] Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eyes." |
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