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Seattle passed an ordinance that states that goldfish could ride the city buses in bowls only if they kept still.

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles.

An unusually low sperm count is known as oligospermia, and the absence of any sperm from the semen is termed azoospermia.

During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.

85.7% of statisics are made up.

The bands on hats trace back to the custom of knights wearing their lady loves' scarves around their helmets.

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

Carpet slippers were created by thrifty housewives who found other uses for old, worn-out pieces of carpet.

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.

The Venus flytrap feeds primarily on ants, not flies.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

The soundtrack to Oklahoma was the first album to sell one million copies on August 18, 1958.

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters

The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

One in five Americans move homes every year

Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.

Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres

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