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Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

In the early 1940s, Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that
consisted only of little pasta swastikas.

The only member of the band ZZ Top without a beard has the last name Beard.

Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

In 1993, the board of governors at Carl Karcher Enterprises voted (5 to 2) to fire Carl Karcher. Carl Karcher is the
founder of Carls Jr. restaurants.

The little hole in the sink that lets the water drain out, instead of flowing over the side, is called a "porcelator."

The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight.

Over 8 years, this happened 284 times: "Cosmo" Kramer went through Jerry Seinfeld's apartment door.

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.

There are more 100 dollar bills in Russia currently than there are in the United States.

Maine has no poisonous snakes.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

65% of these Elvis impersonators are of Asian descent.

Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved
road anywhere.

There are only three types of snakes on the island of Tasmania and all are deadly poisonous.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In
Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is "shake" and the 46th word from the last word is "spear".

If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

The strength of early lasers was measured in Gillettes, the number of blue razor blades a given beam could
puncture.

The drive-through line on opening day at the McDonald's restaurant in Kuwait City, Kuwait was at times seven
miles long.

Point Roberts in Washington State is cut off from the rest of the state by British Columbia, Canada. If you wish to
travel from Point Roberts to the rest of the state or vice versa, you must pass through Canada, including both
Canadian and U.S. customs.

The Pentagon in Washington, D. C. has five sides, five stories, and five acres in the middle.

Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar with "Midnight Cowboy." Her entire role
lasted only six minutes.

There is an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of 200.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

In 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours because of an ice jam blocking the Niagara River.

Newborn babies are given to the wrong mother in the hospital 12 times a day worldwide.

In 1998, more fast-food employees were murdered on the job than police officers.

The lead singer of The Knack, famous for "My Sharona," and Jack Kevorkian's lead defense attorney are
brothers, Doug & Jeffrey Feiger.

The ostrich yolk is the largest single cell in the world.

Two very popular and common objects have the same function, but one has thousands of moving parts, while
the other has absolutely no moving parts. What are the two objects? An hourglass and a sundial.

One out of three employees who received a promotion were found to have been using a coffee mug with the
company logo on it.

If you know a millionaire who happens to be married, what is the most likely profession of his wife? She's
probably a teacher.

Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car
windows.

1 pound of lemons contain more sugar than 1 pound of strawberries.

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.

The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.

60% of all US potato products originate in Idaho.

61,000 people are airborne over the US at any given time.

A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.

Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Halley's Comet came into view. When he died in 1910, Halley's
Comet came into view again.

A blind chameleon still changes colors to match his environment.

The Weddell seal can travel underwater for seven miles without surfacing for air.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On
July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home
run.

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

A snail can have about 25,000 teeth.

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

A strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size.

A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it

According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.

Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand.

Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry.

Only 14% of Americans say they've done this with the opposite sex. Skinny dipping.

What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS, from every other TV show? No theme song or music.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name requested is Obsession.

100% of all lottery winners gain weight.

Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry.

Cats can hear ultrasound.

In a recent survey, Americans revealed that banana was their favorite smell.

The arteries and veins surrounding the brain stem called the "circle of Willis" looks like a stick person with a
large head.

If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A".

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

Married men revealed that they change their underwear twice as often as single men.

A kiss stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals causing relaxation. Women seem to like it light and frequent, men
like it more strenuous.

People fart 14 times a day on average.

Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet.

3.9% of all women surveyed say they never wear underwear.

About 1/3 of all Americans flush the toilet while sitting.

Superman is featured on every episode of "Seinfeld", either by name or pictures on Jerry's refrigerator.

85% of the guys who cheat on their wives die while having sex.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.

Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28

Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80

Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50

Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58

Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90

Percentage of mammal species (including humans!!) that are: 3

Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7

Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3

Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird

Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica

Only animal besides human that can get sunburned: Pig

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 world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.

Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.

Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.

Your nose and ears never stop growing.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

They have square watermelons in Japan...they stack better.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

Men get hiccups more often than woman.

Armadillos can be housebroken.

Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

The average American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year.

You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

The State of Florida is bigger than England.

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow.

There are more plastic flamingos in the U. S, than real ones.

About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.

Slugs have 4 noses.

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year.

It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.

There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.

Honeybees have hair on their eyes.

Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.

America once issued a 5-cent bill.

You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver.

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under is cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The pitches that Babe Ruth hit for his last-ever homerun and that Joe DiMaggio hit for his first-ever homerun
where thrown by the same man.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.

In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.

There are over 52.6 million dogs in the U.S.

Dogs and cats consume almost $7 billion worth of pet food a year.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

You blink about 84,000,000 times a year.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The average person laughs 15 times a day.