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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.
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07-08-2003, 04:44 PM
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Men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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07-08-2003, 04:45 PM
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E.
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[funny that his name uses three of them  ]
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07-08-2003, 04:46 PM
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A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
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[a good reason to pick your teeth with your fingernail!]
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07-08-2003, 04:46 PM
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The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'.
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07-08-2003, 04:47 PM
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The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
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07-08-2003, 04:48 PM
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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07-08-2003, 04:48 PM
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Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.
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07-08-2003, 04:49 PM
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye".
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07-08-2003, 04:50 PM
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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[that must be natural flight, I bet they would be airborne a lot longer if you shot one out of a cannon  ]
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07-08-2003, 04:51 PM
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A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average.
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[I'm surprised they do not explode!]
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07-08-2003, 04:51 PM
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
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07-08-2003, 04:52 PM
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Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes.
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07-08-2003, 04:53 PM
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7768~Wow--neat stuff, Milk Toast!
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07-08-2003, 04:53 PM
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Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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