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On
average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give
birth
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On some
Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees
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One
75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs
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One barrel
of petroleum holds 42 gallons
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One cubic
foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds
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One cubic
mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold
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One gallon
of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of
fresh water
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One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye
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One in
every 4 Americans has appeared on television
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One in
three male motorists picks their nose while driving
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One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is
tattooed
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One
million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States
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One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel,
was mauled to death on the set by a raging elephant
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One out of
20 people have an extra rib
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One out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on tobacco for
their livelihood
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One percent of
Greenland's population lives in a single apartment building
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One
punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her
chase a chicken through town naked
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One
quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet
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One
quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes
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One
ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen
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One third
of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light
bulbs
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Onions
have no flavor, only a smell
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Only 1 out
of 700 identity thieves gets caught
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Only 1
person in 2 billion will live to be 116
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Only 1% of
bacteria cause disease in humans
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Only 51%
of South Carolina high school students will graduate, the lowest of
any state
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Only 55%
of Americans know that the sun is a star
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Only eight
men were killed in the battle of Lexington
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Only
female bees work
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Only
female mosquitoes bite and drink blood
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Only male
fireflies can fly
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Only two
in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless
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Organized
crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States''
national income
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory
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Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows
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Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows
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Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every
day
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Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the
jackpot
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Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere
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Over 98
percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die
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Over one
million stray dogs live in the New York City metropolitan area
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Owls are
one of the only birds who can see the color blue
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Pageant
Models often smear Vaseline on their teeth so their lips won't stick
when smiling
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Pain
travels through the body at 350 feet per second
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Pancakes
are commonly served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Australia
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Panophobia
is the fear of everything
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Parrots
have 500 pounds per square inch of pressure in their beaks
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Peanuts
are one of the ingredients in dynamite
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Pearls
melt in vinegar
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Penguins
can convert salt water into fresh water
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People in
nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport
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People in
parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar
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People
that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or
heart attack
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People who
are lying to you tend to look up and to the left (their left)
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People who
ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot
in the brain
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People
with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark
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Pepsi-Cola
was originally called ''Brad's drink''
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Persia
changed its name to Iran in 1935
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Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that
creates an odor
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Phobatrivaphobia
is fear of trivia about phobias
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Pierce Brosnan
once worked with the circus as a fire eater
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Pinocchio
is Italian for "pine eye"
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Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same
colors: Black and gold.
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Pocahontas
appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875
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Polar bear
fur is not white, it's clear
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Polar
Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting
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Pollen can
travel up to 500 miles in a day
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that
lasts indefinitely
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Porcupines
float in water
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Pound for
Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars
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President
Bush and Saddam Hussein both have their shoes made by the same
Italian shoemaker
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President
George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins
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President
George W. Bush is related to all other U.S. Presidents
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President
George W. Bush was once a cheerleader
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Pretzels
were originally invented for Christian Lent
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Prince
Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a
precaution
