Amazing things that people have actually researched or pondered:
Barbie's measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33
Coca-cola was originally green
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury
Smartest dogs: 1)border collie; 2)poodle; 3)golden retriever
Dumbest dog: 1)afghan
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of
the year
Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles PER YEAR
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90
Percentage of mammal species that are: 3 (tigers being one)
Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt
Only president to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy, for "Profiles in
Courage"
Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of
buoying vessels over shoals
President who discovered a new proof for The Pythagorean Theorem:
Jimmy Carter
Only food that does not spoil: honey
Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees
Polar bears are left-handed
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
The youngest pope was 11 years old
Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school
Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined
The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
They have square watermelons in Japan ... they stack better
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