# No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
# The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.
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Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.
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A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.
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Fingerprints of koala bears are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
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SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below
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Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese".
# As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
# Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
# The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
# Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
# The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.
# Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.
# Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.
# Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
# In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
# Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
# As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet.
# More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
# The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
# Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
# Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.
# Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
# For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)
# Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
# Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
# The more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air.
# Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.
# The egg came first.
# Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink.
# Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based.
# In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
# The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle.
# Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
# Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.
# The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.
# The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.
# The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.
# A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
# The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer.
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All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
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The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
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Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people)
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Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.
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Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
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The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
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During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.
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The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
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The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.
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Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
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Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
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The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
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The doorbell was invented in 1831.
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The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
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Napoleon was terrified of cats.
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The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
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The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.
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The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935.
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The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
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Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
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The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.
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The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
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France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
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The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."
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The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.
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George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
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Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.
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The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.
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Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
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The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
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The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.
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The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.
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Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
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Dry fish food can make goldfish constipated.
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The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.
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Toilet paper was invented in 1857.
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Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.
