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It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.

In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring

In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs, and basketballs combined.

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The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing

In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house.

The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.

Swearing at someone over the phone in virginia is punishable by a $100 fine.

There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

Pepsi got its name from the ingredient pepsin, which is said to aid in digestion, however, it is not known

Cheese closes the stomach and should always be served at the end of a meal.

Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

Venus is the only planet in the solar system to spin backwards.

The world s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The first president to ride in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt

The average mature oak tree sheds approximately 700,000 leaves in the fall.

A woman's natural lubrication cannot be turned on like a tap; she needs desire, stimulation and a little time.

The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building

The word 'news' did not come about because it was the plural of 'new.' It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.

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