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Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.

The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.

It takes seven years for a lobster to weigh one pound.

dous:tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

NASA scientists have concluded that the state of California is moving north and will collide with the state of Alaska in roughly 150 million years

The Catholic Church only declared in 1992 that the earth may go round the sun.

Mexico City sinks ten inches per year.

In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research.

BVD stands for the organizers of the company: Bradley, Voorhies, and Day.

In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House

A 32-kilogram (70-pound) octopus can squeeze through a hole the size of a tennis ball.

The end of a chameleon's tongue can have a club-like lump oiled with sticky goo which helps it to catch insects.

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax.

From 13th June 1948 to 1st June 1958 a citizen of Los Angeles hiccoughed 160,000,000 times. People sent him 60,000 suggestions for cures.

SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.

The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years

A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years.

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