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| Pinnochio was made of pine A novel with 50,000 words, none of which contained the letter 'e' was written my Ernest Wright Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (1876) was the first novel ever to be written on a type writer The alphabet, in order of frequency, persists as follows: ETAISONHRDLUCMFWYPGVBKJQXZ The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay" The most common human name in the world is "Mohammed" In an average day, a four year old will ask 437 questions The Eifel Tower has 1792 steps Einstein didn't like to wear socks A baby born in Florida was named "Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny"...poor kid The first non-human to win as Oscar was Mickey Mouse If you sleep in a cold room, you are more likely to have a bad dream Pigs can run a mile in 7 1/2 minutes Hearing becomes less sharp after consuming a large amount of food Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any animal Dry fish food make goldfish constipated Toilet paper was invented in 1857 The life span of a taste bud is 10 days The start of the American Revolution, the incident in Waco, Texas, and the Oklahoma City bombing all happened on the same day of the year; April 19th Among countless professions that he dabbled in at one point or another, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and professional wrestler Sesquipedalian is a word used to describe long words Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair than, um, unintelligent people...copper is a red-brown color (not blonde) The Graham cracker was initially used to combat Alcoholism Burt Reynolds was the largest male box-office attraction of the 1980's The scientific name for a foot falling asleep is Taresthesia Only 6% of animal testing is for medical purposes In 50 million years it is likely that Mars will have a ring around it Nervous people like crunchy food Wofgang Mozart began writing music at the age of four The brassiere was invented by Otto Titzling |
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