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It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy

Cher's last name was Sarkissian, she changed it because no one could pronounce it and it would not be accepted in show business.

The honeybee kills more people world-wide than all the poisonous snakes combined.

85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women.

Most Greyhounds are universal blood donors and are used to provide extra blood during another dog's surgery.

The first TONKA truck was made in 1947

Holland has the densest population per square mile of any nation in the world.

The DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat

In Vermont women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

In 1923, the first neon sign was introduced in the U.S. Two neon signs were sold to a Packard car dealership for $24,000 which read, Packard.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean

In Japan, it is completely acceptable to name your child Buttocks or Prostitute.

Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.

The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate

An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period

The eraser wasn't put on pencils until 1858 by Hyman Lipman.

Fossilized cockroaches 300 million years old have been found. This means they were around 100 million years before the dinosaurs evolved!

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.

There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.

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