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1283. Body Facts

More than 100 million micro-organisms live in your mouth at any time.

Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.

Americans eat 12 billion bananas each year.

Americans eat nearly 100 acres of pizza every day - that's approximately 350 slices per second!.

1288. Body Facts

Every minute, 30,000–40,000 skin cells drop off your body.

Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.

Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.

Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell.

An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.

An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.

An American urologist once bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.

An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this you can pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

An average head has between 100,000 - 150,000 hairs.

An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer.

1300. Body Facts

Godfrey Hill, from the UK, has ten complete fingers and two thumbs, and has been accused of being an alien or the Messiah.

An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.

An estimated 405,000 U.S. houses still lack indoor plumbing.

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