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Teflon is the most slipperiest substance in the world

A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar

Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food

There are some ice creams that are 75% air

A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.

Elephants are the only Mammals that can't jump.

British scientists have found evidence that heart attacks increase significantly for people who watch soccer penalty shoot-outs

Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: strength

The yo-yo was introduced in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan. The toy was based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters.

Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.

In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

Baby Komodo dragons will eat their brothers and sisters if they are hungry and there is no other food.

Crows are one of the few larger creatures that will eat rotting and putrid flesh.

Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.

The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'. It came from the author's friends, whom he called his fwendy (friend)

Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.

Paul Gauguin's Marquesas Island neighbor, Tioka, bit him on the head after he died. Tioka was following a Marquesan custom of verifying the dead.

Bill Gates designed a traffic control system for Seattle when he was only 15.

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