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The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass

The first puck ever used in a professional hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung.

In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States

The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919

The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest

Mosquitoes have teeth

Bananas aren t fruit. They are a type of herb.

The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.

It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate

Natural gas has no smell. The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them.

By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

Certain frogs can reguritate their stomachs, in order to clean them (with their feet)

Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket

Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence

The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water

Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars

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