I received the following information via email from my ex-student and found it very interesting. I am sharing it with you. However, a few of the facts can be refuted. Enjoy ...
H ere are somethings you may not know......
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> 1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
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> 2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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> 3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they
> start with.
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> 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
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> 5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States .
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> 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
> only on one row of the keyboard.
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> 7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
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> 8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath..
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> 9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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> 10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
> Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
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> 11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
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> 12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
> toughest tongue twister in the English language.
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> 13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to
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> Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck
> and die.
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> 14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from
> History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great;
> " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.
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> 15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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> 16. If a statue of a warrior on a horse has both front legs
> in the air, the person died in battle. If the
> horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
> received in battle.
> If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
> causes.
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> 17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
> laser printers all have in common?
> Ans. - All invented by women.
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> 18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
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> 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
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> 20. A snail can sleep for three years.
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> 21. All polar bears are left handed.
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> 22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
> from each salad served in first-class.
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> 23. Butterflies taste with their feet.
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> 24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
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> 25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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> 26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
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> 27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
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> 28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
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> 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
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> 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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> 31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
> body to squirt blood 30 feet.
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> 32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
> million descendants.
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> 33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
> your ear by 700 times.
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> 34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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> 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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> 36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
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> 37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow
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