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A rodents teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal’s constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other vegetables.

Camel’s milk does not curdle.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

Flies jump backwards during takeoff.
 
Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

The people of Israel consume more turkeys per capita than any other country.

In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.

A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs.

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

A group of hares is called a Husk.

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.
 
In New York State, it is illegal to but any alcohol on Sundays before noon.

98% of Japanese are cremated.

For every ‘normal’ webpage, there are five porn pages.

Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.

Earthworms have 5 hearts.

People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

“Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

It is impossible to drown and not die. Technically the term ‘drowning’ refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

11% of the world is left-handed.

The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

 
The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.

The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepterix rhamni) has the longest lifetime of the adult butterflies: 9-10 months.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

Dartboards are made out of horse hairs.

On average, 2 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.

The human body is comprised of 80% water.

It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names.

Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
 
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

In space you cannot cry because there is no gravity to make the tears flow.

Elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom at 22 months. The longest human pregnancy on record is 17 months, 11 days.

California consumes more bottled water than any other product.

In 1936, American track star Jesse Owens beat a race horse over a 100-yard course. The horse was given a head start.

A large flawless emerald is worth more than a similarly large flawless diamond.

Cher’s last name was “Sarkissian.” She changed it because no one could pronounce it.

Mexican free-tailed bats sometimes fly up to two miles high to feed or to catch tail-winds that carry them over long distances at speeds of more than 60 miles per hour.

A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels.

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.

A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats 9,192,631,770 times a second.

A group of crows is called a murder.
 
At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail all the way around the world.

The zorilla is the smelliest animal on the planet. It’s anal glands can be smelled from half a mile away.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

99% of the solar system mass is concentrated in the sun.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Degringolade means to fall and disintegrate.

The Amazon is the world’s largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

A pound of houseflies contains more protein than a pound of beef

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won’t.

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.

Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

“Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.

In May 1948, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe, both in New Zealand, erupted simultaneously.
 

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