 Interesting Facts: Did u know...?
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> (Watch out for catch -last fact)
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> 1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK?
> It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha,
> the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
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> 2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne
> will bounce up and down continuously from the
> bottom of the glass to the top.
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> 3. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
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> 4. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from
> the sales of Happy Meals.
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> 5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary
> were misspelled.
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> 6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given
> to the wrong parents daily.
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> 7. 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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> 8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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> 9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
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> 10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand
> and draw with the other at the same time.
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> 11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given
> out during World War II were made of wood.
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> 12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling
> casinos.
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> 13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also,
> it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
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> 14. 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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> 15. The original name for the butterfly was
> "flutterby"!
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> 16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on
> your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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> 17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They
> hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's
> sensors so they don't know you're there.
>
> 18. 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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> 19. The first product to have a bar code
> was Wrigley's gum.
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> 20. The first owner of the Marlboro company
> died of lung cancer.
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> 21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike
> annually than all of the Nike factory workers
> in Malaysia combined.
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> 22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
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> 23. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered
> having an abortion but was talked out of it by
> her doctor.
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> 24. The three most valuable brand names on earth:
> Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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> 25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be
> typed with only the left hand.
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> 26. 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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> 27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied
> by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987,
> 654, 321.
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> 28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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> 29. The average person falls asleep in seven
> minutes.
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> 30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called
> an octothorp.
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> 31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the
> Bible is the cat.
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> 32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
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> 33. The average person's left hand does 56% of
> the typing.
>
> 34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English
> language
> that ends in "mt".
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> 35. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
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> 36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good"
> comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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> 37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
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> 38. European women didn't wear underwear until the
> 1900's.
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> 39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
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> 40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the
> Philippines.
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> 41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.
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> 42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
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> 43. Brains are more active sleeping than
> watching TV.
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> 44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent
> of Americans.
>
> 45. When a person shakes their head from side
> to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
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> 46. There are more chickens than people in
> the world.
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> 47. It's against the law in Iceland to have
> a dog.
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> 48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the
> middle nail grows the fastest.
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> 49. The only word in the English Language with
> all vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental".
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> 50. There are more telephones than people in
> Washington, D.C.
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> 51. Beethoven poured ice water over his head
> before he composed.
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> 52. In Pakistan, it's rude to show your feet.
>
> 53. 90% of those who reads till this line are
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