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* Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously
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* Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
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* One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers
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* The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan"
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*Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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* Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about
ten.
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* Our eyes are always about the same size from birth, but our nose and
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* David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He
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* Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
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* Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3
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* Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90
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* Percentage of mammal species that are: 3
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* Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools
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* Portion of potatoes sold that are French-fried: 1/3
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* Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3
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* Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7
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* Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt
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* Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying
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* President who discovered a new proof for The Pythagorean Theorem:
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* Only food that does not spoil: honey
*About 96% of all American children can recognize Ronald McDonald.
*An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
*Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have
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*Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
*The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
*The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
*A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
*Watch out for flying hockey pucks - they travel at up to 100 mph.
*America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
*98% of American drivers think they drive better than anyone else.
*A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give
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*The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
*Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
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*The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
*Howdy Doody had 48 freckles.
*What color was Christopher Columbus's hair? Blonde.
*In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones
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