The Strange Facts of Life
* Ever wondered why the sky is blue, or what the fear of marshmallows is called? Well this is the site for you. Random facts of the day are what were all about.
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A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.
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Lima beans contain cyanide.
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Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
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Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan.
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Draftsmen have to make 27,000 drawings for the manufacturing of a new car.
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An ostrich egg would take four hours to boil.
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The chemical name of caffeine is 1,3,7 trimethylantihine.
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The reason most mosquito bites itch is because mosquitos inject saliva into the persons skin before hey suck your blood. The saliva has an anti coagulant agent to stop clotting and hence is an irritant to the skin.
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Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his hat while playing baseball, and he used to change it every two innings.
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Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
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An olive tree can live to 1500 years old.
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US presidents who were survived by there fathers: John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.
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Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA.
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Pennies are made of 95% copper and 5% zinc.
209.
Banana oil never came from a banana; it’s made from petroleum.
208.
A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.
207.
Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book Historia de duobos amantibus in 1444.
206.
Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth’s gravitational pull.
205.
Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
204.
Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.
203.
In the movie Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used for blood in the shower scene.
202.
There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.
201.
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
200.
A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks.
199.
Sea water weighs about a pound and a half more per cubic foot than fresh water at the same temperature.
198.
In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an “Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.”
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Girls have more tastebuds than boys.
196.
Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away.
195.
It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.
194.
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.
193.
All the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
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To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow.
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Humans are the only animals that use a smile as an emotional response.
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Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
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About 10% of Jewish households have Christmas Trees.
188.
Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent.
187.
To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.
186.
The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin.
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Contrary to popular belief, there are almost no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years.
184.
Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
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Penguins are not found in the North Pole.
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Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.
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Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan.
180.
The City of Tokyo was originally called Edo.
179.
Rapper LL Cool J’s name actually stands for “Ladies Love Cool James”.
178.
A recent study at Harvard has show that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer.
177.
A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
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In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
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The shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury.
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Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter.
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
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The sperm count of an average male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.
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Leonardo Da Vinci never dated or signed his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.
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Babies start dreaming even before they’re born.
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The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to the census.
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Fried spiders taste like nuts.
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Close to two million people who go to the hospital in the U.S. for one ailment wind up catching another.
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Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will cause it to go crazy and sting itself.
164.
All babies are color blind when they are born.
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Only 55 percent of Americans know the Sun is a star.
162.
The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
160.
Earl Dean designed the bottle for Coca-cola.
159.
All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles or the equator.
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Smiling releases endorphins in the body, which makes people feel better.
157.
When he was only 13, Johnny Depp lost his virginity to a girl slightly older than him.
156.
On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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The world’s smallest and oldest republic is San Morino. It’s 25 square miles and is located mostly on top of a mountain entirely surrounded by Italy.
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Goats eyes have rectangular pupils.
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Over half the U.S. population would rather fold, than wad their toilet paper.
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23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
151.
2,500 left handers die each year using products designed for right handers.
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When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within 20 minutes.
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Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
148.
Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else.
147.
The Beatles have sold more albums than anyone else with over 1 billion worldwide.
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Judy Scheindlin (Judge Judy) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a $190,100 salary.
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The Flintstone’s cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time.
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A male moth can smell a female moth from 100 yards away.
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Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
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Our galaxy has approximately 250 billion stars.
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An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
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Pepsi-Cola was originally called ‘Brad’s drink’.
139.
Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin.
138.
A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
137.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Basketball star Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records.
135.
It is rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breathalyzer to read 0.
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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During WWII, condoms were used on the ends of rife barrels to protect them from damage and corrosion while swimming to shore.
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Muhammad is the most common name in the world.
131.
It is illegal of tourists to enter Mexico with more than 2 CD’s.
130.
The state of Florida is bigger than England.
129.
on average, adults watch double the amount of TV as teenagers do.
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The U.S. has a $10,000 bill with the head of Salomon Chase, a U.S. Senator on the front.
127.
The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
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Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
124.
The Queen of England has two birthdays.
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A scientist who weighed people immediately before and after death concluded that the soul weighs 41 gms.
122.
In Georgia, movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must reserve one showing a month for Religious material.
121.
Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
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The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.
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Having sex at least once per week can lower a man’s risk of heart disease by 30%, stroke by 50%, and diabetes by 40%. It has also been shown that men with an active sex life are more likely to live past 80 years.
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Silly Putty was discovered as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It’s not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
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Make a fist with your left hand, squeeze your left thumb, then put your right index finger down your throat. You now have no gag reflex.
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A Rubik’s cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations.
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Put two straws in your mouth: one inside a drink and one outside it. You won’t be able to drink through either straw.
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If you bite down on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark you will see SPARKS.
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The original pack of Skittles doesn’t contain the color blue. Therefore, you CAN’T actually taste the rainbow.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they get stuck together PERMANENTLY. In space, there is no oxidation layer. When pieces of metal come into contact with each other in space, they stick together to become one continuous piece of metal.
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“Mountain Dew” is an old slang term for moonshine.
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Eating breakfast will help you burn 5 to 20 percent more calories throughout the day.
109.
There is a town in France named Condom.
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53,800 people die annually from exposure to secondhand smoke.
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When you snap your fingers, the sound is created from your middle finger hitting your palm and not your thumb rubbing against your index finger.
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Alcohol causes 2.5 million deaths a year!
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop.
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The first edition of playboy included a picture of Marlyn Monroe laying on red velvet.
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Andrew Jackson spent most of his adult life with a bullet, no more than two inches away from his heart, as a result of a duel he fought before becoming President.
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If a wolverine was the size of a bear, it would be the strongest animal on Earth.
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1 acre of wheat can produce enough bread to feed a family of 4 for about 10 years.
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job (in case they split their pants).
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In the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the words around The Mirror of Erised: Erised is Desire spelled backward, or how it would appear in a mirror. Also, the inscription reads “Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi,” which read in a mirror reads, “I show not your face but your hearts desire.”
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RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON and WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON are the only U.S. presidents whose names contain the letters C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.
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During the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lector never blinks while talking on screen.
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111,111 x 111,111 = 12345654321
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Prince William and Kate Middleton got married on the same day as Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun.
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A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore’s study in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Viagra, chocolate chip cookies, popsicles, brandy and the microwave are all examples of accidental discoveries.
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While under the influence of LSD, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter.
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Coca-Cola translated to Chinese means “To make mouth happy”.
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Caroline Cossey, one of the “James Bond girls” appearing in “For Your Eyes Only” was a transsexual.
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16 pennies stacked up equals one inch, and 16 pennies in a line is one foot.
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There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
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Good news? Russian scientists have developed a new drug that prolongs drunkenness.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
85.
The poison-arrow frog contains enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
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Months that begin on Sunday always have a Friday the 13th.
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According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
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Coffee is great for asthma.
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Our calendar repeats itself every 400 years.
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Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
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On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
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All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, played the viola, and spent twelve years painting the Mona Lisa’s lips.
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The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
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Most men have erections every hour to hour and a half during sleep.
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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
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Time magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’ for 1938 was Adolph Hitler.
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The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896, Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
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In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
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People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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Monkeys don’t have feet. Since they have opposable thumbs instead of big toes, they are classified as being four-handed.
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On average, women utter 7,000 words a day; men manage just over 2,000.
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The first ‘successful’ head transplant was carried out in 1963 byRobert J. White of Cleveland, Ohio, who attached the head of one monkey to the body of another. The monkey survived for several days, during which it tried to bite the experimenters.
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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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By the time an average American child leaves elementary school, they have seen 200,000 violent acts and 40,000 murders on television.
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There are around 200 corpses on Mount Everest.
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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
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The phrase “Beam me up, Scotty” was never actually spoken in any Star Trek television episode or film.
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New Mexico law states, that females may not appear unshaven in public.
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75 percent of Japanese women own vibrators. The global average is 47 percent.
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In the months before he died, Elvis Presley ate an average of about 65,000 calories each day. That’s the equivalent if the maximum recommended daily caloric intake of 26 adult men or 108 Big Macs.
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Picasso carried a revolver loaded with blanks, which he would fire at people who asked him what his work “meant”.
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80% of American husbands, and 50% of wives, say they’d marry the same partner again.
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Andrew Johnson was drunk when he took the vice-presidential oath of office in 1865.
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All polar bears are left handed.
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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was highly allergic to carrots.
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The moon actually has mirrors on it. They were left there by astronauts who wanted to bounce laser beams off them, so that the distance to the moon can be measured.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
40.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
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Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death by tilting a vending machine towards them in the hopes of a free soda can.
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If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the answer will always be 5.
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On average, each American consumes approximately two hundred and sixty pounds of meat in a year.
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75% of men believe that they should pay for the majority of dates, at least untill a relationship is established.
35.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
34.
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins.
32.
When Hillary Clinton visited Iraq, the Army officer in charge assigned the Blackhawk used to transport her the code name of ‘Broomstick’.
31.
In 1784 the U.S. had a state called Franklin, named after Benjamin Franklin. But four years later, it was incorporated into Tennessee.
30.
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,00 camcorders that had the capabilities to see through people’s clothing.
29.
The mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon appears for one day every one hundred years.
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The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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Turtles can breathe through their butts.
26.
Synthetic Diamonds can be made from human ashes after cremation. Using chemical and physical methods, Algordanza, a swiss firm, separates out the carbon, which produces up to 4 Diamonds from a persons cremated ashes.
25.
A scientific report from the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amount of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease.
24.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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Nine U.S. Presidents never went to college: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman.
22.
Rice and other grains contain chemicals that can actually enhance brain functions.
21.
The word ‘checkmate’ in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat’, which means, The King Is Dead.
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‘Vodka’ is Russian for 'Little Water’.
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In Tennessee, it is illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
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Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
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In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system.
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Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
14.
Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer.
13.
There are no public toilets in Peru.
12.
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
11.
In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house.
10.
Singer Billy Joel tried to commit suicide when he was 21 by drinking furniture polish.
9.
Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.
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LSD is made from Lysergic Acid, which is found in Ergot, a type of fungus.
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Only 54% of men say orgies are hot.
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Gigolo is a male prostitute.
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40% of men report they like the missionary position the best, while 20% prefer the doggy style.
4.
George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory.
3.
Toilets in Australia flush counter clockwise.
2.
315 words in the 1996 Webster’s dictionary were misspelled.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
