1972

In 1972, a Swedish man balanced on one foot for over five hours, using nothing for support.

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Lions

Lions are the only truly social cat species, and usually every female in a pride, ranging from 5 to 30 individuals, is closely related.

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Paper

A square piece of dry paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.

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Flu

The Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed at least 50 million people world-wide, originated in Kansas, not Spain.

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Sex laws

In Arkansas, oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

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Menestration

During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced. Did you know about this?

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Phone book

The New Haven District Telephone Company published the first telephone book ever issued on February 1878, in New Haven.

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A round of golf

A golfer and his buddies where playing a big round of golf for $200. At the eighteenth green the golfer had a ten foot putt to win the round, and the $200. As he was lining up his putt, a funeral procession started to pass by. The golfer set down his putter, took his hat off, placed it over his chest, and began to wait for the funeral procession to pass. After it passed, he picked up his putter and returned to lining up his putt. One of his buddies said, "That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. I can't believe you stopped playing, possibly loosing your concentration, to pay your respects. "Well, we were married for 25 years! "

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New York Shoots

Annual location shoots on the streets of New York number 40,000 – including commercials, feature films, television shows and series, music videos and documentaries.

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Mel

Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!

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Ship

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

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Happy Birthday

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

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Street names

Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

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Only Lower

Adriaan van der Donck was the first and only lawyer in New York City in 1653."

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Look out for that cow

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Sub

The first submarine used for military purposes was built in 1776 by David Bushnell. His "Turtle" was a one-man, wooden submarine powered by hand-turned propellers. It was used during the American Revolution against British warships. The Turtle would approach enemy ships partially submerged to attach explosives to the ships's hull. The Turtle worked well but the explosives did not.

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White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (formerly of the Monkees

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Living in the desert

This rodent lives in the desert and does not need to drink at all because its body is so efficient at recycling moisture. The Fennec Fox is also accomplished at going without water. It will drink if water is available, but suffers no ill-effects if water is not available. A camel can go as long as 50 days without water, if environmental conditions are right, but the Kangaroo Rat and the Fennec Fox beat the camel.

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Around 85%

Around 85% of Italians are registered Catholics however less than a third of that are practicing members.

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How fast would you sink?

It would take over an hour for a heavy object to sink 6.7 miles down to the deepest part of the ocean. "

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Help me

The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!

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Lottery win

The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning. Did you know about this?

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Sharks

Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.

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Cars

American made parts account for only 1% of the Chrysler Crossfire. 96% of the Ford F-150 Heritage Truck is American.

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Per capita

The US has the highest documented per capita rate of imprisonment of any country in the world. About 2% of white males, 4% of Hispanic males and 10% of black males are incarcerated. There are more black males in prison than in colleges in the US.

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Wanna play a game?

The world's longest game of Monopoly lasted more than 660 hours.

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Fingernails

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

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Do you wash your hands?

Nurses and doctors wash their hands between patients less than one-third of the time.

Dreams

Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes. Did you know about this?

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War

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. "

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Bad dream

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

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Solid

Solid structures (parking lots, roads, buildings) in the United States cover an area the size of Ohio.

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Five minutes

Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.

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Male lions

Male lions can sleep for up to 20 hours a day.

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Jello

"If You hook Jell-O up to an EEG, it registers movements almost identical to a human adult's brain waves.

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The prince

Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

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Gary Indiana

Gary, Indiana is the murder capital of the U.S. – Probably the world.

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Potato chips

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

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A cork

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider! "

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Virus

In 1872, a virus epidemic killed a quarter of all the horses in the United States.

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Water

Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.

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Academy Awards

Between 1942 and 1944, Academy Awards were made of plaster.

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Pens

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

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Roman emperor

The first Roman Emperor was Augustus Octavian, who came to power in 27 BC. "

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Ten minutes

Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.

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Action

For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.

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Rain drops

The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

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Watemelons

A local farmer just outside of town grew watermelons for a living, and he was doing quite well but was being hassled by some local kids who would sneak into his watermelon patch late at night and eat his watermelons. After some careful thought, he came up with a clever idea that he thought would scare the kids away for sure.

He made a big sign and posted it right in the middle of the watermelon field. The next day the kids show up to eat and found the a sign that read, "Warning! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide."

Feeling violated, the kids made up their own sign and posted it next to the farmer's sign, then ran off. When the farmer returned, he surveyed the field. He noticed that no watermelons are missing, but the sign next to his read, "Now there are two.

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Leftis

2,500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. "

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Yellow

Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.

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Hitler

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

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Small insects

''Formicophilia' Is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.'>Did you know about this?

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The mask

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.

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Strawberry fields

The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool. "

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Karaoke

Karoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese.

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Cananda

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

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People dead

In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing.

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Praying mantis

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.

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Soap

The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.

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Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.

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A man on one foot

In 1972, a Swedish man balanced on one foot for over five hours, using nothing for support.

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Lawsuit

Microsoft threatened 17 year old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit after the young man launched a website named MikeRoweSoft.com.

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Baby whales

Baby whales grow at an average rate of 10lbs per hour!'>Did you know about it?

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Tongue

Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

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Lipstick

Most lipstick have fish scales.

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Rhyme

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch

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Flaminogs

Flamingos pee on their legs to cool themselves off. "

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Chinese adults

30% of Chinese adults live with their parents. Did you know about this?

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Most populated city

The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, with 30 million residents.

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During your lifetime

During your lifetime, the average human will grow 591 miles of hair. Unverified But hair does grows about 6 inches per year and the average head has 100,000 hairs. Take an average lifespan of 80 years. 6 x 100,000 x 80 = 48,000,000. Unfortunately hair growth is not uniform through out your lifespan, I have yet to find a formula for this.