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1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. 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."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
36. There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong.
37. A rat will dissolve in cola.
38. Pearls melt in vinegar.
39. It is against the law to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island.
40. It is still legal to hang someone in Kentucky.
41. Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
42. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
43. The screwdriver was invented before the screw.
44. Snails can sleep for 3 years.
45. A shrimp's heart is located in it's head.
46. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time.
47. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
48. Polar bears are left-pawed.
49. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
50. Bees have five heads.
51.The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
52.If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.(Hardly seems worth it)
53.We have about 5,000,000,000 years if sunlight left
54.It snowed in the Sahara Desert on Febuary 18, 1979
55.There are 2,382,500 Smiths in the U.S.
56.Sliced bread was patented in 1954
57.The tounge is the strongest part of the body.
58.Hey, just to start you out, 99% of statistics are false or mistaken!!!!!!!!
59.Did you know that 100% of Lotto Winners gain weight?
60.What some Mexicans call parsley is really cilantro. Banging your head against a wall uses up 150 calories an hour!
61.China has more English speakers than the United States and England.
62.Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard
63.Stewardesses is the longest word that can be written on the keyboard using the left hand only!!
64.Smurf's was taken off the air because there was only one girl Smurf, and she got pregnant.