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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine. A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic. All babies are color blind when they are born. Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War. An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is ''Crash Course''! Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. Astronauts get taller when they are in space. Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers. Babies'' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen. [Link] is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million. Buttermilk does not contain any butter. By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors. Canada is an Indian word meaning ''Big Village''. Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats! Cleopatra married two of her brothers. Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans. Crayola is a French word that means ''Oily chalk.''" Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. During World War II, Uncle Ben''s was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces. Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States. Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks. Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes. From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size. Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones. George Washington grew marijuana in his garden. In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin. In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people''s clothes.

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year. Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution. Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do. It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States. It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times. King Kong was Adolf Hitler''s favorite movie. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process. Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals. Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards. Malcolm X''s original name is Malcolm Little. Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning. Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth. Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation. Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle. New York''s Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world. Nylon is made from coal and petroleum. Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world''s first billionaire. On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.

On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months. One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water. Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry. Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers. Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays. Rapper LL Cool J''s name is short for Ladies Love Cool James. Reno, Nevada is actually west of Los Angeles, California. Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches. Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them. Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze. Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world. Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world. The ''King Ranch'' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. The ''vintage date'' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling! The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. The average home creates more pollution than does the average car. The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet. The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof. The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time. The first domain name ever registered was [Link].

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper. 10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river. 10 percent of the Russian government''s income comes from the sale of vodka. 15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world''s widest road. 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids. 2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month. 20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May. 20252 is Smokey the Bear''s own zip code. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. 25% of your bones are located in your feet. 35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married! 35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually. 4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day. 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans. 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man. 41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time. 50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them. 68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air! 7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.

7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day. 75% of Honda vehicles purchased in the U.S. are manufactured in North America! 76% of Americans celebrate New Year''s Eve in groups of less than 20. 80% of 10 year old girls in the U.S. go on a diet. 80% of millionaires drive used cars. 80% of Publishers'' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions! 85% of all Valentine''s Day cards are purchased by women! 85% of movie actors earn less than $5,000 a year from acting! 9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive! 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right. 90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation. 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine. 99% of people cannot lick their elbow. A ''face-off'' in hockey was originally called a ''puck-off''. A ''jiffy'' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second A ''jiffy'' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second! A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars. A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945. A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I. A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber. A bird ''chews'' with its stomach. A blue whale''s aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through. A blue whale''s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle! A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel! A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel. A broken clock is always right twice a day. A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour. A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star. A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second. A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body. A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9. A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long! A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas! A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation! A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year. A comet''s tail always points away from the sun. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate! A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate. A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth! A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks! A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years! A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse. A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man. A group of frogs is called an army. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein! A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of officers is called a mess. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it''s there, though! A hardboiled egg will spin. An uncooked or softboiled egg will not. A hedgehog''s heart beats 300 times a minute on average! A hedgehog''s heart beats 300 times a minute on average. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside! A jellyfish is 95 percent water A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy. A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

A killer whales heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface. A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day. A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun''s surface! A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever. A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court! A male baboon can kill a leopard. A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted. A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body. A million dollars'' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds! A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night. A moth has no stomach. A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement. A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew. A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter. A polar bear''s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove! A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee. A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon. A rat can fall from a five story building without injury. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can. A real estate agents rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%. A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer! A roach can live up to nine days without its head. A rodent's teeth never stop growing. A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax. A shrimp''s heart is in its head. A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite. A small airplane can fly backwards. A snail can sleep for three years. A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.! A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length. A spider's silk is stronger than steel. A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah''s wife. A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans! A tuna fish can swim 100 miles in a single day!