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1. The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous
than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite
humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
2. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
3. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
4. Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older.
5. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
6. The pop you get when you crack your knuckles is actually a
bubble of gas bursting.
7. 101 Dalmatians & Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only 2 Disney
cartoon features with both parents who are present and don't die
throughout the movie.
8. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
completely solid.
9. There's no Betty Rubble in Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.
10. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
11. Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a
champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
12. In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your
head.
13. In Indiana it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30
minutes after eating garlic.
14. Right-handed people live, on average, 9 years longer than left-
handed people do.
15. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
16. Polar bears are left-handed.
17. A cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to
death.
18. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
19. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
20. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar & England in
1896.- Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
21. The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night
22. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
23. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
24. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in
plane crashes.
25. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn
white.
26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
27. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to
remember the word you want.
28. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction. (assuming
they could still do it standing up)
29. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
30. China has more English speakers than the United States.
31. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
32. The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
33. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in
the world.
34. "I am," is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
35. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long &
it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
36. No president of the United States was an only child.
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