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6) There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones
Ew :P9) Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
LOL. 11) All babies are colour blind when born
12) in the 1900's there was 500,00$ bills in the u.s
15)Only in Peter Pan and 101 dalmations is both parents are present. (In Disney movies)
17) Chuck Noris made a happy meal cry
19) Longest underwater kiss = 2 minutes 18 seconds
20) The longest flight of a chicken is about 13 seconds
21) in the middle ages, chicken soup was thought to be an aphrodisiac.
23) Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
Really? O_O25) Kangaroos can't go backwards.
26) Eating silver turns your skin blue
27) On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily... :P
28) In 1996, 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary were misspelled.
29) The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp
30)A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
31) Because it is found so rarely in its pure form, aluminum was once the most valuable metal. Napoleon III had a set of cutlery made of aluminum for extra important guests, everybody else had to use gold.
32) The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
33) A snail can sleep for up to 3 days.
34) The double helix knot (more commonly known as the usual way to tie a shoe) wasn't invented until 1903
35) More then 10 people a year are killed by vending machines.
Imagination of telephone is attributed to Hindi writer KALIDAS' literary work (Meghdut... ¤Megh means cloud¤ nd ¤dut means messenger¤) 1000 years ago
37) It's legal to dual in Paraguay if both are registered blood donors.
38) Its illegal to put a donkey in a bathtub in Arizona.
39)There were real trained squirrels in the movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
40)In 2004, there were about 36 million people in the US aged 65 and over
41) When tornadoes are about to die down, they make a left turn.(Who knew?!)
42) Every time you create a text message you increase your chances of arthritis. Lol :D
REALLY??? YIKES!43.)Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Lol,these calories are not worth the banging :D44) The longest hair ever belonged to a girl in the UK(I think) and it was 2.5 metres long
*gasps* Could she be Rapunzel?? NAH!!! I AM RAPUNZEL...when my hair is longer . LOL :)45.) Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
46) Nepal has the only non-rectangular national flag.
47)The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
49)Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
Haha,that's true for me! :D51)Spanish is spoken from 1/4 of the world's population
49) The moon is moving farther away from the earth at a rate of 4 cm per year. As a result, the earth's rotation is slowing; in 240 million years there will be 25 hours in a day.
53) 7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem.
54) 8 out of 10 cats prefer whisker cat food ^-^
55) A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off. (gross :P)
56) It takes about 7 years to digest bubblegum if you swallow it.
57) 75 people a year die playing twister. Erm,how?
58) A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. :O
58) hitlers mom was thinking about aborting hitler but the docter talked her out of it
(that's just weird )60)According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying. (LOL)
59) The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
2) Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants