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- Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
- One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
- Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! (Ew that's disgusting!)
- Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women! (Sorry men, that's quite unfortunate)
- A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans! (Who would have known!)
- Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food! ( But then if they eat themselves, wouldn't they be dead? So in the end, is it worth it?)
- The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
- Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows! (Those poor birds, couldn't even see what was coming.)
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
- Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist! (That's odd.)
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas Casinos. ( This must be so that no one can be looking at the time and that way they spend more of their time at the casinos... smarrttt.)
- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. ( It was the style in the Renaissance to shave them off. Well the style has changed.. I don't think any person would shave their eyebrows.. unless it was a dare.)
- The most popular name in the world is Muhammad.
- Tablecloths were orginally meant to serve as towels to wipe your mouth and hands during the meal. (That doesn't sound like very good table manners to me.)
- In Iceland, tipping at a resturant is considered an insult!
- Forest fires move faster uphill then downhill. (So what exactly does this mean?)
- Most lipsticks contain fish scales. (This makes me think twice before wearing lipstick.)
- The first product to contain a barcode was Wrigley's gum!
- Porcupines actually float in water.
- "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog". This sentence uses every letter of the alphabet!
Did YOU know....
- In Cleveland, Ohio it's illegal to catch a mouse without a hunting license?
- Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China? (Now what does that tell us about China?)
- Duelling is legal in Paraguay only if both parties are registered blood donors?
- You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA as in France?
- In September 2004, a Minnesota state trooper issued a speeding ticket to a motorcyclist who was clocked at 205 mph? (That is an ubsurd speed for a motorcyclist. I can't believe he didn't crash or would have the courage to ride that fast anyway.)
- In Scotland, children as young as 8 can be guilty of crimes? (Now really what type of crimes could 8 year old's be commiting? Riding their bikes on the wrong side of the sidewalk?)
- Donald Duck comics were once banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants? (He's a duck, ducks don't wear clothes anyways. Get Real...)
- Bubblegum is forbidden in Singapore? (Why would anyone ban Bubblegum! That's crazy!)
- Drunk drivers in Taiwan can choose their penalty? (Now does that really sound all that fair? I don't think so...)
- In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death? (Cats musts have been sacred to the ancient Egyptians)
- A person's chances of being mugged in London are much higher than in New York City?
- On average, each day about 20 banks are robbed in the world?
