-Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
-Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
-There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
-The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
-A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
-There are more chickens than people in the world.
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
-The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
-On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over -the Parliament building is an American flag.
-All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
-No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
-"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
-All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
-Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
-Almonds are a member of the peach family.
-Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
-Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
-There are only four words in the English language -which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
-Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
-A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
-Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
-In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
-Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
-The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Cappa's "It's a Wonderful Life."
-A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
-A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
-A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
-It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
-The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
-In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
-The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
-Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
-The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
-There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
-"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
-There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong.
-A rat will dissolve in cola.
-Pearls melt in vinegar.
-It is against the law to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island.
-It is still legal to hang someone in Kentucky.
-Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
-There is a city called Rome on every continent.
-The screwdriver was invented before the screw.
Snails can sleep for 3 years.
-A shrimp's heart is located in it's head.
-Many hampsters blink one eye at a time.
-You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
-Polar bears are left-pawed.
-An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
-Bees have five heads.
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