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1. Your hair and fingernails are made of the same substance.
2.In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
3.The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
4.Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
5.One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!
6.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!(I(Anna)have!)
7.In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
8.Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
9.Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
10.Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
11.Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!
12.There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
13.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
14.Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
15.Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
16.The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
17.Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
18.The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
19.Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
20.Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
21.More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!
22.A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 75 m.p.h.!
23.Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
24.The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
25.There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
26.About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
27.In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
28.In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
29.Slugs have 4 noses!
30.Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
31.Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
32.The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
33.It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
34.There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
35.Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!
36. The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
37.Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
38.A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
39.In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
40. There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!
41.Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
42.In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
43. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world!
44.Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!
45.It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!
46.There are more than one million animal species on Earth!
47.The state of Florida is bigger than England!
48.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
49.The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
50.Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
51.Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
52.More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
53.Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!
54.Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!
55.Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); 56.A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
57.The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
58.The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
59.A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
60.After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
61.There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
62.The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!
63.Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
64.The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven!
65.Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
66.The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice!
67.The average person laughs 13 times a day!
68.Dogs can hear sounds that you cant!
69.Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
69.It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they buried them!
70.A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!
71.Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!
72.One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
73.More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
74.In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!
75.Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
76.Here are some interesting numbers to look at! (*1997)
166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S!
1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S!
123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways!
85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S!
56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year!
77.Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
78.The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!
79.In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!
80.America once issued a 5-cent bill!
82.You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow!
83.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
84.There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month!
85.In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
86.Slugs have 4 noses!
87.Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
88.Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
89.In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.
90.In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
91.A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
92.Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
93. Because of the lack of metal, the oscars given out during WWII were made of wood.
94. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
95. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat than it has to begin with.
96. Charlie Chaplin once won 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
97.Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
98.Honey is the only food that doen't spoil.
99. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
~~~~AND FINALLY!!!~~~~
100. At leat 95% of the people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
2.In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
3.The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
4.Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
5.One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!
6.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!(I(Anna)have!)
7.In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
8.Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
9.Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
10.Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
11.Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!
12.There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
13.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
14.Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
15.Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
16.The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
17.Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
18.The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
19.Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
20.Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
21.More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!
22.A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 75 m.p.h.!
23.Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
24.The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
25.There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
26.About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
27.In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
28.In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
29.Slugs have 4 noses!
30.Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
31.Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
32.The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
33.It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
34.There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
35.Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!
36. The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
37.Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
38.A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
39.In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
40. There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!
41.Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
42.In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
43. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world!
44.Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!
45.It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!
46.There are more than one million animal species on Earth!
47.The state of Florida is bigger than England!
48.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
49.The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
50.Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
51.Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
52.More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
53.Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!
54.Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!
55.Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); 56.A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
57.The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
58.The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
59.A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
60.After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
61.There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
62.The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!
63.Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
64.The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven!
65.Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
66.The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice!
67.The average person laughs 13 times a day!
68.Dogs can hear sounds that you cant!
69.Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
69.It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they buried them!
70.A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!
71.Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!
72.One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
73.More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
74.In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!
75.Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
76.Here are some interesting numbers to look at! (*1997)
166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S!
1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S!
123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways!
85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S!
56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year!
77.Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
78.The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!
79.In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!
80.America once issued a 5-cent bill!
82.You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow!
83.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
84.There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month!
85.In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
86.Slugs have 4 noses!
87.Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
88.Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
89.In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.
90.In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
91.A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
92.Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
93. Because of the lack of metal, the oscars given out during WWII were made of wood.
94. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
95. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat than it has to begin with.
96. Charlie Chaplin once won 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
97.Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
98.Honey is the only food that doen't spoil.
99. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
~~~~AND FINALLY!!!~~~~
100. At leat 95% of the people who read this will try to lick their elbow.