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- The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
- In the movie "Casablanca," Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
- An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
- It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
- Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.
- The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".
- A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
- Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
- It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
- A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 6 years.
- Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
- The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.
- Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.
- The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella.
- About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.
- In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
- During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
- Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.
- A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
- Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
- 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
- The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
- Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of F.
- In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.
- Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
- Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
- The average person laughs 15 times a day.
- Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.
- According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
- Bubble gum contains rubber.
- It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
- The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
- In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.
- A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there.
- 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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