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2. Tiffany's (the jewelry store) was founded in 1837 by a man named Mr. Tiffany.
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4. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
5. Coco Chanel's real name was Gabrielle.
6. Penguins have the highest suicide rate among animals. They just walk off an iceberg and drown.
7. One in 25 people in the United States is a Sociopath
9. Children grow faster in the springtime
11. The blue whale has the largest tongue. It is the size of an elephant and weighs 5,400 lbs.
13. Trees are the longest-living organisms on earth.
18. Rats are extremely sensitive to electromagnetic fields.
To keep cool, kangaroos lick their forearms and rub them on their chest.
22. Forest fires move faster uphill then downhill
23. One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year
24. There are more then 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
27. A person uses approx. fifty seven sheets of toilet paper each day
28. They're more germs on a computer keyboard than on a toilet seat
28. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet
(already used that one :p)30. You'll eat about 35000 cookies in a lifetime
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32. There are 4 different hormones that control the mensteral cycle
33. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"
36. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
37. The average person will spend about 6 months on the toilet before they die
38. There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos
39. Humans share 33% of their DNA with a lettuce
40. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch three hours of T.V.
41. A large group of baboons are called a Congress
42. The human head weights approximately 10 to 12 pounds
43. The human brain stops growing at age 18
44. Buttermilk does not contain any butter
45. You can use the word 'had' consecutively 11 times in a sentence an it still makes sense.
46. China has more English speakers than the US
47. The only reason you cry is for sympathy
48. Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons
49. More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world
50. 7% of facts Stephen Fry says on QI will be classed as 'untrue' in a years time
51. The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.