- No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
- Blueberry juice boosts memory
- When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
- Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
- Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
- The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only. .
- We, as humans, forget 90% of our dreams
- The percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the spread of color TV
- Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss
- Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog
- Some Chinese believe that swinging the arms cures headaches
- Coffee drinkers have more sex than non-coffee drinkers. They also enjoy it more.
- The city of Portland in Oregon was named after a coin toss in 1844. Heads for Portland and tails for Boston.
- A queen bee lays 1500 eggs a day
- No president of the United States was an only child for his parents
- Pumice is the only rock that floats in water
- The African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then die.
- The vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century
- Reno, Nevada has the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S., Provo, Utah, the lowest.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Hemp doesn't contain THC and won't make you high.
- In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles
- 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
- 250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S.
- In South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in the roll
- Your foot is the same length as your forearm
- In the US, Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day
- If you plug your nose you can't hum.
- Diamonds are not that rare, De Beers creates an artificial scarcity by stockpiling mined diamonds and selling them in small amounts
- As of May, 2010; 1.2 Billion people still defecate in the open
- In Victorian times, prostitutes wore pubic wigs
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
- On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart
- The United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world
- Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes
- Names in Iceland's phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last name
- Cats can hear ultrasound
- The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms
- Dutch, on average are the tallest people
- Kissing is healthier than shaking hands
- Jaguars are frightened by dogs
- There are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA (excluding the federal National Cemetery at Lincoln Way)
- Married men tip better than unmarried men
- India never invaded any country in her history
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Natural pearls melt in vinegar -
Licorice (or liquorice) and avocado are among the food that sets the mood for love making -
An olive tree can live up to 1500 years -
The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F" - Cleopatra married two of her brothers
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar...see the movie going the distance
- The tradition of brides carrying a bouquet of flowers started with the brides trying to hide their body odor
- Buttermilk does not contain any butter
- Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen
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