Strange but True

• Relatively speaking, Einstein didn’t like to wear socks.
• American kids raked in $8.6 billion in allowance in 1989.
• Flies can get athlete’s foot.
• Beethoven was 5’2".
• Moose are very near sighted. Some try to mate with cars.
  
• American cheese comes from England.
  
• Cher, Tom Cruise, Richard Chamberlain, and Greg Louganis are dyslexic.
• Goosebumps are places where our prehistoric ancestors’ hair used to be.
• Most likely, your left foot is bigger than your right.
  
• Napoleon Bonaparte was afraid of cats.
• Tallest man on record: Robert Wadlow-8 feet 11 inches. He died at age 22, still growing.
• Cows give more milk when they listen to music.
• The biggest recorded bubble ever blown with bubble gum was 22 inches in diameter.
• Life Span: The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
• In 1987, a 1,400-year-old lump of still-edible cheese was unearthed in Ireland.
• There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
• A dragonfly, the fastest flying insect, can move up to 35 m.p.h.
• Only 2/3 of all American kids think we can avoid a nuclear war.
• The biggest known pumpkin in history weighed almost 700 pounds.
• Einstein couldn’t speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.
• The "first electronic computer" was built in 1889 for the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Around 200 people die while watching football games every year. So skip the football!
• Americans spend $8 billion a year on pornography.
• A beehive hairdo that stood 6 feet, 6 inches is the tallest recorded hairdo in the world.
  
• You have about 10 gallons of water in you, making up 60% of your weight.
• If your an average American, you see around 70 commercials for Coke annually.
  
• Dream on: Every year, the average human being has 1,500 dreams.
• In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under frozen foods.
• There is enough phosphorus in you to make 250 matchheads.
• Pogo Sticks were first used by sacrificial dancers in Borneo.
• In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting add space on his cows.
  
• Streaking record: 1,200 college students streaked at the same time in Boulder Colorado, 1974.
• In 1977, a 3-year-old boy discovered a tooth growing on his left foot.
• According to one poll, 50%of all kindergartners believe TV commercials. *I did.*
• If your body temperature was 86 degrees, you could live to be 200. *In that case, Andromedans must have long life spans.*
• In the early ‘80s, a toad was discovered that meows instead of croaking.
• About 96% of all American children can recognize Ronald McDonald.
• Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
• The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was$1.3 million.
• If a room contains 100 women, 4 will probably not be wearing underwear.
• A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at 600 m.p.h.
• Chop Suey was invented in California.
  
  I credit these strange facts to "Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader." Thanks.
  
  
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