Following is a
list of fun facts, statistics and interesting information compiled from a
variety of information sources. Additional links to more interesting
facts are included at the bottom of the page:
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A dime
has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119
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A one
ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine
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A person infected with the SARS
virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery
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A
toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the
atmosphere
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About
twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed
to light
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due
to lower air density
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Albert
Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he
declined
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Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic
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All
babies are color blind when they are born
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War
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An
airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine
parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs
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An
apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with
your nose plugged
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An
earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to
flow backwards
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Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is ''Crash Course''
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Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
country.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama
Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow
fever.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop
diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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Babies'' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six
to eight weeks old.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were
made of plaster.
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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms
with fine linen.
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Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5
million.
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Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
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By
partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers
around a room, you can eliminate odors
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Canada
is an Indian word meaning ''Big Village''
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Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers
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Common
pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found
in the bodies of majority of Americans
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Crayola is a French word that means ''Oily chalk.''"
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Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international
headquarters using materials from its own waste
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During World War II, Uncle
Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces
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Each
year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the
United States
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Early
Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some
toothpastes
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From
the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size
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Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining
healthy bones
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George
Washington grew marijuana in his garden
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In
1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin
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In 1998, Sony
accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology
to see through people's clothes.
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In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans
every year.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
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It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday
edition of The New York Times.
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King Kong was
Adolph Hitler's favorite movie.
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense
is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial
judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Malcolm X's original name is Malcolm Little.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium,
died of radiation poisoning.
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Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down
tumor growth.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Nazi leader
Adolph Hitler had only one testicle.
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New
York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country
of Monaco.
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Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the
world's first billionaire.
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On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons
of fresh water.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that
it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their
fingers.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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Rapper LL Cool J's name is short for ‘Ladies Love Cool James’.
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Reno, Nevada is actually west of Los Angeles, California.
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Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to
ear aches.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in
antifreeze.
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Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
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Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world.
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The ''King Ranch'' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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The ''vintage date'' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes
were picked, not the year of bottling!
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean
