I compiled some interesting (and odd) facts to share.
Which ones were your favorites?
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1. If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled to receive $.10 from the town. 2. The state of Florida is bigger than England. 3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." 4. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. 5. A whale's penis is called a dork.[LIST][*]Now think about how many times you were called a dork or you called some else a dork.[/LIST] 6. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. 7. Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian. 8. If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will land on heads about 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. 9. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."[LIST][*]Blame Dr. Seuss if you don't like being called a nerd.[/LIST] 10. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. 11. There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones. 12. You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206. 13. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason. 14. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. 15. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. 16. "Rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 17. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman somewhere. 18. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. 19. Mario, of Super Mario Bros original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali. 20. Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. 21. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana. 22. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 23. There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. 24. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 25. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
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