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On the average, 12 newborns will
be given to the wrong parents daily.
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Chocolate kills dogs! True,
chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few
ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
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Most lipstick contains fish
scales.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830's
as a medicine.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write
with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. He
also invented scissors and took 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's
lips!
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Because metal was scarce, the
Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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There are no clocks in Las Vegas
gambling casinos.
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they
actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves.
That's the opposite of the norm.
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The original name for the
butterfly was "flutterby"!
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By raising your legs slowly and
lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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Mosquito repellents don't repel.
They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they
don't know you're there.
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Dentists recommend that a
toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to
avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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The first product to have a bar
code was Wrigley's gum.
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The first owner of the Marlboro
company died of lung cancer.
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Michael Jordan makes more money
from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in
Malaysia combined.
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Marilyn Monroe had six toes on
one foot.
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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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The three most valuable brand
names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that
order.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest
word that can be typed with only the left hand.
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To escape the grip of a
crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It
will let you go instantly.
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A mathematical wonder:
111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12,
345, 678, 987, 654, 321.
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The most common name in the
world is Mohammed.
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The average person falls asleep
in seven minutes.
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The "pound" (#) key on your
keyboard is called an octothorp.
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The only domestic animal not
mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
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Rubber bands last longer when
refrigerated.
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The average person's left hand
does 56% of the typing.
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"Dreamt" is the only word in the
English language that ends in "mt".
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It's impossible to sneeze with
your eyes open.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan
"finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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A cockroach can live for 10 days
without a head.
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European women didn't wear
underwear until the 1900's.
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We shed 40 pounds of skin a
lifetime.
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Yo-Yos were once used as weapons
in the Philippines.
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Coca-Cola can be used as car
oil.
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Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches
a year.
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Brains are more active sleeping
than watching TV.
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Blue is the favorite colour of
80 percent of Americans.
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When a person shakes their head
from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
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There are more chickens than
people in the world.
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It's against the law in Iceland
to have a dog.
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The thumbnail grows the slowest,
and the middle nail grows the fastest.
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The only word in the English
Language with all vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental".
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There are more telephones than
people in Washington, D.C.
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Beethoven poured ice water over
his head before he composed.
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In Pakistan, it's rude to show
your feet.
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