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1. If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
3. No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
4. The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.
5. Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it
6. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
7. Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.
8. The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.
9. Earthworms have five hearts
10. Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides.
11. Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
12. If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
13. SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below
14. In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
15. Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
16. The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.
17. A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
18. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
19. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
20. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
21. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
22. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
23. America's best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla.
24. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
25. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.
26. The doorbell was invented in 1831.
27. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.
28. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
29. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
30. Napoleon was terrified of cats.
31. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
32. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.
33. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
34. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
35. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
36. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."
37. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
38. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.
39. Toilet paper was invented in 1857.
40. Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.
41. You can make edible cheese from the milk of 24 different mammals.
42. Sir Isaac Newton, who invented Calculus, had trouble with names to the point where he would forget his brothers' names.
43. It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.
44. The average person can live 11 days without water.
45. There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.
46. Coca-Cola was originally green.
47. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
48. The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000.
49. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
50. First novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer."
51. The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
52. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
53. Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg
54. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles
55. Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second and sound waves saunter at 700 miles per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated
56. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there
57. It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush!
58. The first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799, physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common foxglove plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications, digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the amount of b lood pumped per heartbeat.
59. Jeremy Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832,left his entire estate to the London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting for 92 years.
60. Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
61. At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
62. One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
63. If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
64. Less than 3% of Nestlé's sales are for chocolate.
65. The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change
66. "Naked" means to be unprotected. "Nude" means unclothed
67. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
68. Butterflies taste with their feet.
69. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
70. Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
71. A cat's urine glows under a black light.
72. Starfish have no brains.
73. Polar bears are left-handed
74. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
75. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
76. Pregnant women tend to eat more if they carry a baby boy.
77. The only two animals that cannot walk backwards are emus and kangaroos.
78. The Humming Bird is the smallest bird in the world and weighs about 1 gram.
79. The only animal that cannot jump is the elephant.
80. A Woodpecker is capable of pecking up to 20 times per second
81. The length of the chameleon’s tongue equals the length of its body.
82. A hippopotamus is capable of remaining under water for a maximum of 30 minutes
83. There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history.
84. Hair and nails do not continue to grow after death. The skin recedes, making it appear to grow.
85. Windmills always turn counter-clockwise, Except for the windmills in Ireland.
86. About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the same number are born each second.
87. Eighteen per cent of all global carbon dioxide emissions are from cars.
88. Every year, the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.
89. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
90. 35 meters of hair fiber is produced every day on the average adult scalp.
91. Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
92. The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.
93. Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the soil.
94. Nobel Prize resulted from a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered as a propagator of violence-he invented dynamite.
95. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
    Charlie Chaplin won third place in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
96. Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time. Another story states that: Mickey mouse was not named after Mickey Rooney he was made on a train ride from New York after Walt found out he didn't actually own Oswald the lucky rabbit. The mouse Walt drew was originally named Mortimor But his wife Lilly didn't like that name so she suggested Mickey and the name stuck.
97. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants.
98. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
99. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, uses every letter in the alphabet.
100. Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
101. A 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
102. Nutmeg can extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
103. The density of neuron star is 1.5 to 3 times of sun’s mass.
104. Almost 85% of the universe is a form of dark matter.
105. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver".
106. Strong negative emotions lead to damage of immune system.
107. Due to pollution and overfishing, population of American, Asian and Europeans eels have declined up to 99%.
108. Neutrons have a life of 14 minutes outside the nucleus of an atom.
109. Humans are the only primates having pigment in the palms of their hands.
110. A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
111. A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground.
112. A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.
113. A millipede has 4 legs on each segment of it's body.
114. A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night.
115. A monkey was once tride and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend,Indiana.
116. A person at rest generates as much heat as a 100watt lightbulb
117. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champange will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
118. A rat can last longer with out water than a camel.
119. A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair.
120. A rodents teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal's constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other vegetables.
121. A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
122. A shark can grow a new set of teeth in a week
123. A sizable oak tree, during the typical growing season, gives off 28,000 gallons of moisture.
124. A snail can have about 25,000 teeth
125. A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.
126. A whales heart beats only nine times a minute.
127. A woodchuck breathers only ten times during hibernation.
128. A zebra is white with black stripes.
129. Anteaters prefers termites to ants.
130. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
131. Albert Brooks's real name is Albert Einstein.
132. Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.
133. Children grow more in the springtime.
134. If you are chased by a crocodile, run zigzag, a crocodile is not good at making sharp turns.
135. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
136. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
137. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
138. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
139. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
140. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
141. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
142. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
143. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
144. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
145. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
146. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
147. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
148. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
149. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
150. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
151. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
152. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
153. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
154. In ancient Greece, where the mouse was sacred to Apollo, mice were sometimes devoured by temple priests.
155. In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 cam be jailed for cheating on their finals.
156. In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
157. In the heart of the Antarctic winter, temperatures drop to as low as 127 degrees Fahrenheit. In the Marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the Couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
158. It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.
159. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
160. It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
161. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
162. It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.
163. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
164. Killer whales have such a good sense of touch that if you dropped a pill into a bucket and feed it to the orca it would eat the fish and spit out the pill.
165. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
166. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, played the viola, and spent twelve years painting the Mona Lisa's lips.
167. Less than 1% of the Caribbean Islands are inhabited.
168. Less than 2% of the water on Earth is fresh.
169. Lightning strikes the earth about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
170. Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.
171. Lobsters have blue blood.