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Austria was the first country to use postcards.

In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year

Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.

In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets

A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar

In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, andchocolate.

Glenn Miller was the first performer to earn a gold record. He got it for the Chattanooga Choo Choo on February 10, 1942.

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

If you cut a 'V'shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown'toe nails.

The human heart pumps 1.5 million gallons of blood a year.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell

The nail of our middle finger grows the fastest and the nail of our thumb grows slowest.

By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.

The average life expectancy of geese is 25 years.

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country

99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns.

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