WEIRD FACTS
1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will
digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
(I'm sure men would love it if women were like that...)
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.
8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen in the distance.
9. On average, world wide 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
(I knew it!)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made
of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a
game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded
Wendy before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed
the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly
go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered
this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could
see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
20. 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.
21. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
22. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into
quicksand. (Thank God we got that tip, just in time!)
23. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery
than the celery has in it to begin with.
24. For fun, Charlie Chaplin once entered anonymously a "Charlie Chaplin look-alike
contest", and won third prize.
25. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
26. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".
27. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take
more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
28. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
29. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often
stolen from Public Libraries.
30. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a space suit damages them.
31. In the movie Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again Sam".What
he said was "If you can play it for her you can
play it for me, so play it".
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades
- King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park 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.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks
like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
name requested?
A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
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Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
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Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When
you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight,
sleep tight".
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after
the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey
beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as
the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England,
when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their
own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind
your P's and Q's"
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Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used
the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired
by this practice.
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In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only,
Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
language.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow
