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Jul 25, 2009 10:50PM
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start from me:1. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
Sprange Ben Lend Splotches Abruptly wrote: "1. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people."
Probably has to do with all those injuries from having to fumble around to use Right-handed scissors.
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3. Cat urine glows under a black-light!
4. Mosquitos are not attracted to LED lights.
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6. A zebra is white with black stripes.
7. 80% of polar bears are left-handed (pawed).
8. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions!
9. You can't lick your own elbows. (If anyone has been able to, please let me know...I admit, when I heard this, i tried it myself and found it true. But I'm hoping that someone out there can do it! :))
10. George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
Of all the people in History that have reached 65 years old,half of them are living right now.
12. Manhattan Island of New York City was purchased for $24 from the Algonquian Indians in 1624!
13. A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
14. The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
15. Bulls are colorblind. A red rag doesn't mean anything to a bull. He doesn't charge, because of the red color, he charge, because of the movement.
16. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
17. All polar bears are left-handed.
^ repost of #918. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
18. The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
M. wrote: "9. You can't lick your own elbows. (If anyone has been able to, please let me know...I admit, when I heard this, i tried it myself and found it true. But I'm hoping that someone out there can do ..."
A friend of mine in my class at school can lick their elbow!!!
The Sahara Desert is the same sizes as the United States.
The distance between you wrist and your elbow is the length of your foot. (try it put your foot against your arm!)
21. It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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23. Males, on average, think about sex every 7 seconds.
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An albatrose can fly non stop for 10 years. It cna glide for 6 days.
A mushroom is closer to being an animal than a plant.
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28. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
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30. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
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(So they say)
32. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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33. Adolph Hitler wanted to be a priest when he grew up.
34. Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
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33. Adolph Hitler wanted to be a priest when he grew up."
LOL That's hilarious!
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
36. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!@#41. wow.. so unique
Swedish children do not start school until they are seven!
38. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
40. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions!
41. As you get older, the only parts of your body that keep growing are your nose & your ears
42. A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
Dwarf Tossing is illegal in most states and provincesRecycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
its illegal to take a shower naked in the state of florida.
hahahaha! That is awesome!Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
Battle Creek, Michigan is referred to as the "Cereal Bowl of America." The city produces the most breakfast cereals than any other city in the world
