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A rat can last longer without water than a
camel.
The dot over the letter "i" is
called a title.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh
champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of
the glass to the top.
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows
why.
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur",
a small red car can be seen in the distance.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland
because he doesn't wear pants.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given
out during World War II were made of wood.
There are no words in the dictionary that
rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on
Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a
scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had
to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
The original name for butterfly was flutter
by.
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.
The first product Motorola started to
develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most
known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves
Motorola.
Celery has negative calories. It takes more
calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin
with.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a
Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep
you from crying.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the
record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!
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