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1. Although the ivory for piano keys traditionally came from elephant tusks, today's high-end piano keys are made from the tusks of walruses.
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2. Julia Roberts is 1 of 14 living actors to have graduated with a degree in Animal Husbandry.
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3. Water World remains the only film to have featured a gilled human.
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4. The number of inches of precipitation during the winter can be predicted by counting the hairs of a Fall webworm larvae.
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5. The Philips screwdriver was invented in Leavenworth prison as a shank and named after the victim on the receiving end of the "prototype."
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6. Before writing Star Wars, George Lucas was sued for filing several false reports of "Big Foot" sightings with the Washington State Police.
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7. By reversing the polarity of the battery pack in a Nintendo DS, the portable game console can function as a two way radio.
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8. The game of horseshoes was first played with rings. The open horseshoe replaced the rings when the sport was added to the Olympics in 1912.
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9. 45,000 people die from choking on watermelon seeds each year. Most of them are between the months of May and July.
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10. Zippers were first part of a quick applied chastity belt. The name came when fathers of promiscuous girls told their servants to "zip her."
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11. The genius society, Mensa was founded in 1938 by Harvard Law Professor John Forest Gump.
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12. About 81% of Americans will celebrate their birthday in the same calendar year as their closest living relative.
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13. 98% of all fatalities result in death.
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14. The popular colored toilets were discontinued for a time in the 80s because many of the dies used to color the porcelain cause colon cancer.
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15. The computer mouse was never intended to use a mouse pad. The idea came from Steve Jobs as a way to sell advertisements for Apple.
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16. An elevator breaks down every 41 seconds in the US. 66% of the time it's because the weight limit was exceeded on the previous trip.
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17. The ancient Egyptians invented the first form of measuring in order to rank the high priests by gauging how far they could urinate.
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18. Diamonds were of no value until 1640AD when a ship of Europeans got stranded in the Congo & used diamonds to barter their way to America.
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19. Every year in Verpel, France the people travel to a small lake where they worship their god by throwing caged insects into the water.
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20. The first computer virus, written in 1983, was intended to accelerate the infected computer to the point of burning up the motherboard.
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21. Walter Matthau was a little league coach prior to his acting career. For nostalgic reasons, he only asked for $50K to do The Bad News Bears.
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22. Different colored ink pens were introduced by graphic artists in the 1960s as a way to more accurately present their design ideas for print.
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23. Daylight savings was proposed by George Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, because he couldn't completely recover from "jet lag" in the US.
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24. The countries leading surgical doctors believe that by 2112, only 1 out of every 17 surgeries will be invasive.
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25. Cast iron tubs are no longer made because the floor supports in newer homes are less than that of older homes built with more dense lumber.
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26. NASA engineers have mathematically proven a method for using oyster shells and plastic sacks as fuel for the space shuttle after liftoff.
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27. After observing female alligators carrying their young in their mouth, Darwin classified them as a prehistoric form of marsupial.
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28. The Japanese produced Godzilla movies were adapted from an old bedtime children's story to scare them into staying in bed at night.
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29. The first school house is in Virginia. Originally used by a butcher it was converted into a school house when native savages burned it down.
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30. The calculator didn't catch on until 1945 after the number 10 was replaced with the number 0.
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31. The "Big Chief" notepad was taken out of production in 1988 because of a lawsuit by the Navajo Indian tribe for being racist.
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32. Hawaii remains the only state in the USA to not have an official state reptile.
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33. The best defense in a wolf attack is to wet oneself because the scent of urine will detour the larger and more dangerous male wolves.
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34. When threatened a sheep will shed its wool to create a camouflage of small puffs of wool and confuse its predator.
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35. Typewriters were designed in 1887 by a group of left-handed writers to favor the left hand by placing the most used letters on the left.
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36. The first carpeted house came in 1902 with the intent to simulate a lush, grassy lawn inside.
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37. The fad of drinking purified water was a huge hit in the mid 1800's among American aristocrats but slowly died out by 1900.
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38. When threatened a sheep will shed its wool to create a camouflage of small puffs of wool and confuse its predator.
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39. In his youth & throughout the rest of his life George Washington would fiddle with a yo-yo when in deep thought or sorting out problems.
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40. Ancient cave drawings in Tunisia dating back to 2500BC depict creatures resembling unicorns.
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41. Origami, developed in 312AD, was used by Samurai warriors to pass along secret information during the Battle of Baekgang.
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42. 1 out of every 4,000 raisins eaten is actual a rat dropping.
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43. 0.6% of your muscle mass is lost when a body part is "asleep" for more than 20 minutes.
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44. The pinky toe is the most commonly severed appendage.
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45. To further separate themselves from Spain, Mexico tried to form their own language which was abandoned because it was too confusing.
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46. The number one killer of Americans in the continental United States is other Americans.
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47. In Ancient China it was not socially acceptable for a man to stand and urinate. During the same time period in Egypt the opposite was true.
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48. Antibacterial soap only kills about 14% of all known illness causing germs.
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49. A dish similar to spaghetti is considered to be reserved for royalty in some African Tribes. If caught eating it, the punishment is death.
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50. The national average age of teenage drivers was 17.6 in 2008; 2 years older than 20 years ago.
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51. "Rain Man", as played by Dustin Hoffman, was to originally be played by Sean Penn.
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52. Chris O'Donnell has been turned down for more movie rolls than any other actor.
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53. An ancient African remedy for warts was to grind up a Hippo's tooth along with the egg of a Crocodile and drink it under a full moon.
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54. A salamander can run faster hanging upside down than it can right side up on the ground.
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55. The average squirrel will harvest nearly 10 million (10,000,000) nuts in his/her lifetime.
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56. The Apostle Simon-Peter was given the name Peter, meaning rock, by Jesus & his fellow Apostles for his failure to walk on water.
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57. Oprah Winfrey won her home states Spelling Bee in the 4th grade. Her prize was a collector's Howdy Doody doll & a year's supply of PEZ.
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58. Recent archeological studies found that the first known currency, dating back to 3500BC, was salt.
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59. Chocolate chips were added to plain cookies in the 19th century by veterinarians as a humane method for euthanizing dogs.
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60. Baby diapers prior to 1979 used an adhesive that was latter found to cause horrible rashes & cancer, in some cases.
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61. Diddy went by P. Diddy in the early 1980's however changed his stage name to "Puff Daddy" cause the slang of "Diddy" was often confused.
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62. Bob Barker tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1940 as their lead field goal kicker.
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63. The FBI's first & primary function was to monitor trafficking of possible UFO technology the Nazi's were moving through the USA.
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64. High heels were original invented & used in New Orleans by hookers as an easy to conceal weapon for self defense.
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65. In 1977 a federal law regulating printing standards resulted in proofreaders surpassing Anesthesiologists as the highest paid profession.
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66. The Vampire myth has roots dating as far back as 3500BC in China.
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67. Capitalism was stolen from the Yoruba people by Danish Viking, Rorik of Dorestad, on a trip to South Africa to excavate diamonds.
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68. 86% of all color blindness is blue/green color blindness meaning that for the 72 million Americans effected, "gray means go."
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69. Although the band Kansas originated in Kansas, they have never held a concert in Kansas since the release of their first album in 1974.
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70. Digital timers were invented for the Japanese military as a timed detonator by Timex but abandoned as such after World War II.
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71. Studies show that maintaining a ridged sleep schedule of about 8hrs each night will extend life expectancy by 7yrs.
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72. In 1908 the Masons formed a group to preserve the 2nd amendment; the group was later named the National Rifleman's Association.
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73. The Italian War of 1542–1546 saw the predecessor to ketchup, it was developed into modern ketchup in the late 1800s.
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74. Single serving packets of mustard & ketchup were invented in the 1930s for ball parks to control consumption & cost during baseball games.
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75. The long jump world record was set in 1933 by Yue Fei of China & wasn't beat until 1991 by Mike Powell at the World Championships in Tokyo.
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76. The washing machine made its debut in the 1918 February issue of "Popular Science", it was hailed as the 8th wonder of the modern world.
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77. In December 2007, geneticists were able to successfully restart brain activity for 5 minutes from a cadaver that had been dead for 2 weeks.
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78. Only about 30% of all known written languages use punctuation.
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79. Turkish scientist discovered nuclear power in the early 1900's as a method for heating water but soon after abandoned the technology.
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80. A 1974 census concluded that 48 million children were addicted to sugary cereals. There were 47 million adult smokers that same year.
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81. "The Great Depression" was coined by radio personality Alan Freed in 1956; 27 years after the stock market crash.
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82. Only 3,354 people died from house fires in 1999, 79% less that in 1979. However, only 879 people died from the actual fire itself.
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83. Sugar was introduced to Cuba in 1493 by Spain as commanded by Pope Alexander VI as a sign of friendship to the pagans of the "New World".
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84. The Chinese played a form of tennis called "ti wa" as early as 1400 BC using bamboo fashioned into rackets & small frogs.
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85. Henry Ford started the "Employee of the Month" program in 1918 by giving one employee each month a half day off & tickets to a Dodgers game.
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86. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution helped spawn the idea for the creators of the cartoon "Heathcliff".
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87. The largest lawn mower race in the world is currently held in Scottsdale, AR where grass covers less than 5% of the land.
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88. Many Native American tribes believed the Pilgrim settlers had softer heads because they all wore some form of head attire most of the time.
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89. The 1st recorded U.S. Extraterrestrial encounter was in California, 1848. Two men saw 8ft tall beings who spoke without moving their mouth.
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90. The fork was a mathematical art piece by Polykleitos in 448 BC. By 350 AD the fork became a common eating utensil among Greeks.
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91. During the early 1800s, New Orleans prostitutes flashed French sailors in exchange for beads to barter with the local Indians for liquor.
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92. A dance the Greeks made depicting how the Persian military fought during the "Battle of Thermopylae" would later come to be known as Ballet.
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93. Early Asian pilgrims believed heart attacks to be spiritual in nature using a holy bath in water lilies & a hot spring to cure the problem.
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94. Orson Wells is considered to be the first multimedia prankster for his "War of The Worlds" broadcast in 1938 when he "Punk'd" the nation.
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95. Turkeys are not indigenous to the United States. They were brought over by European settlers who stopped for supplies in Morocco.
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96. American Indians believed that if you stared at the sun long enough you would receive the vision of the gods.
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97. A recent medical study done at the University of Washington shows drinking 20oz of lemon juice each day reduces the appearance of age spots.
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98. Paul McCartney's parents won tickets to America on the Titanic. A gypsy warned them of danger, to save themselves & their unborn son.
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99. There were 43% more fatal boating accidents during Labor Day Weekend in 2008 than any other U.S. holiday.
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100. Jay-Z's obsessions in the Titanic lead him to request to do the music for the film. He was refused by Cameron saying the genres didn't mesh.
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101. Legend says The Snow Leopard, native to Egypt & Northern Africa, was banished because of her betrayal to Horus in the battles against Set.
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102. Before joining forces with his brother Walt, Roy Disney was enrolled in a cheese making apprenticeship program for Kraft.
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103. The first porcelain toilet was introduced at the 1907 World's Fair as a joke, being shown with the world's largest China Doll collection.
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104. Having a fear of odd numbers, King Henry III added the letter "C" to the English alphabet giving it 26 letters instead of 25.
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105. Black and white were officially designated as colors in 1983 by the American Art Society.
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106. "The Great Gatsby" was originally the first book to appear in Oprah's Book Club but later changed due to the clubs reading level.
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107. Mustard was invented & used during The French Revolution. This cheap condiment didn't parish easily & made meals out of old, stale bread.
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108. A penguin swims an average of 20-30 miles a day.
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109. The most over used word in the English language according to dictionary.com is redundant.
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110. Elizabeth Taylor is credited as the first competitive eater in 1913; bragging that she could eat 22 hot dogs in 1/2 hour.
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111. In the 1600s, French monarchs used potatoes as tennis balls. Afterwards, the bits that passed though the rackets were gathered and fried.
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112. The movie classic "Black Beauty" was based on the classic novel "Black Beauty" but used ideas from "Charlotte's Web" & "Lonesome Dove".
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113. "Chicken of the Sea", started in 1884, originally sold their tuna whole with instructions on how to prepare it for consumption.
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114. A toxin found in a wasp's sting lead to the discovery of the agent used in creating the smallpox vaccine.
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115. Roy Terry, an unsuccessful jockey uniform designer & stable boy, made the modern-day bath towel from scraps used to dry horses after races.
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116. Ceiling fans were first installed because of a misread blueprint.
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117. Peanut butter's original use was an adhesive for applying a cast to a wild animal's broken limb that the animal could eventually lick away.
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118. A frog can swim underwater twice as fast as a cheetah can run on land.
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119. Canines sensory cells in the nasal cavity used for sensing odors don't fully develop until three years of age, 23 years quicker than humans.
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120. The cotton ball was introduce in 1852 by Sir Henry Cotton, a judge who needed an easy way to entertain his cat while passing judgments.
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121. In 1988 Microsoft was banned from the Special Olympics for giving professional athletes performance enhancing drugs to qualify for the games
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122. Paula Abdul, acclaimed for her singing and dancing talent, is one of the few Hollywood stars to have journeyed up Mount Everest.
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123. Studies have shown that 3% of the time when we are dreaming an area of our brain, that is always inactive, suddenly becomes active.
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124. Recent fossil discoveries lead paleontologists to believe that advanced dinosaurs collect, stored and herded food supplies.
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125. Abraham Lincoln once wrote a children's books. Although never published and put to market a few copies were made for immediate family.
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126. The first cow stepped foot in North American 20,000 years ago when humans migrated from Asia across the Bering land bridge.
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127. In 1905 the first helicopter was airborne killing 11 birds and 1 cow.
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128. The Vietcong learned to fight from ancient Greeks who continued Alexander The Great's conquest across Asia.
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129. Parrots were first domesticated in Brazil for their egg production since it was difficult to keep chickens alive in the extreme heat.
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130. Due to shifting tectonic plates, North America gains about 0.03 seconds of daylight each year.
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131. DVDs were original used as solar panels. In 1980 a scientist at NASA found that by shinning a laser on it he could write information to it.
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132. 84% of men sleep on the left side of the bed; 12% more than 6 years ago.
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133. If you were to float through space in one direction at 35mph it would take you 7.2 trillion light years to reach the edge of the universe.
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134. TV built in the 1950s had tubes filled with nitrous oxide that began to leak over time causing people to fall asleep while watching TV.
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135. People known as "Water Walkers" would perform mystical stunts in biblical times. They were an elite cult hired for their deadly abilities.
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136. In colonial times, if you died, your neighbor was given first rights to marry your newly widowed wife.
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137. Prehistoric Aborigines believed if a king prematurely ejaculated on his wedding night the land would be fruitful from his seed he spilled.
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138. Hieroglyphic findings in Northern Canada suggest that the Norseman had the first architectural designs for pyramids commonly found in Egypt.
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139. A full grown male black bear's skull is three times thicker than an adult human skull.
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140. Salt was rubbed into wounds to ward off demons so that it would heal & not become infected during ancient times in the Middle East.
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141. About 1,000 deaths each year are attributed to fire ants.
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142. The 1st fast food restaurant opened in St. Joseph, MO in late 1860 serving fast meals to Pony Express riders. Their top seller, baked beans.
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143. The song "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" was originally about the song writers eighth attempt to have a dog he named Henry and keep it alive.
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144. A recent survey says 16% of Americans carrying portable oxygen do so to draw attention as apposed to medical reasons.
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145. The word "recycle" comes from the Latin word "redivivus" (Spain 1478) meaning to convert your enemies using dangerous if not deadly force.
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146. The idea for Jedi Knights came from a National Geographic documentary on monkeys swinging from vines whilst parrying with bananas.
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147. The Slurpee was invented in 1954 when a convenient store owner realized it was profitable to sell slushy flavored thawed ice at high prices.
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148. Scientology was founded in 1834 when its founding fathers were expelled from the Joseph Smith Compound in Kirkland, OH.
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149. The idea to wipe after defecation came in the early 1800's when William Charmin's plumbing broke causing him to use paper & not his bidet.
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150. Eating egg shells promotes tooth rejuvenation.
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151. The lowest recorded attendance for an Olympic event occurred during the 1976 Men's Biathlon, when only two spectators attended.
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152. Helen Keller reportedly threw a baseball as hard as professional baseball players during that time but lacked the major league control.
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153. The current record for eating the most large marshmallows in a single sitting is 107 set by 14 year old Jason Tubbs in 1994.
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154. Rugby came from Australian farmers who would tackle their neighbors trying to steal their pigs before crossing back over the property line.
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155. In 1918, the US government started restricting automobile speeds due to a number of criminals escaping during police chases.
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156. During Medieval Times royalty use to use animal lard as lotion & bathed in rose petals for fragrance.
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157. The Wright Brothers weren't actually brothers rather childhood friends from elementary school.
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158. Though Pecos Bill was named after Civil War Gen. Wm. Shafter, the stories were based loosely on the experiences of Pres. Benjamin Harrison.
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159. Camel meat has the highest percent of protein per serving of any four legged animal.
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160. Hitler seized a small town which the Nazis used solely for adult entertainment. This city inspired Billy Wilkerson to found Las Vegas.
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161. No jazz artist has ever won an Emmy though Mel Torme was nominated twice for his appearance on Night Court.
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162. The average height of an adult Egyptian man during the time of Christ was 5 foot 3 inches.
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163. As an enlisting bonus during the Civil War, Union solders would receive new boots, six pair of new socks and a free chicken dinner.
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164. The mailbox was invented in 1878 and was wide spread by 1931.
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165. John Wayne once said his favorite TV show was I Love Lucy and his favorite episode was the one guest staring himself.
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166. The dust and rock that makes up Saturn’s rings would fill about 833 Million vacuum bags.
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167. A driver in Maryland can be given a citation and fined up to 500 for hitting a turtle with a moving vehicle.
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168. Paul Reveres ride was shortened due to the road quality. His horse's hoof had cracked & started to bleed causing him to walk the last 15mi.
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169. Paul Revere never said "The British are coming!” Because his ride relied on secrecy, eyewitness’s say he said "The Regulators are coming!"
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170. An ant is actually born with 8 legs… 2 of which are used to help during the birthing process and fall off shortly after.
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171. Fingernails contain a protein, which if broken down and stored correctly, could become a source of energy.
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172. The fresh smell just after a rain comes from the high levels of mercury in the rain water.
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173. Deciduous trees contribute the largest portion of the oxygen in the atmosphere at 58% and Evergreens coming in second at 31%.
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174. The Chinese invented paper 5,000 years before the Egyptians developed papyrus.
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175. The inspiration for the first sitcom came from the founder watching his daughter play tea time with her dolls.
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176. Modern day water polo was refined to exclude horses after child illnesses occurred from swimming with the horses' fecal mater.
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177. In 1937 a patent clerk invented cubical work spaces after being denied a grant to study rats’ behaviors in confined spaces.
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178. The French discovered the circle 1500 years after the Ancient Sumerians invented the first wheel.
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179. The first water well was invented in 5,083 B.C. by an ancient Chinese philosopher who used it to catch stray cats.
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180. The aftertaste from garlic is caused by amino acids reacting with tooth enamel.
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181. Dung Beetles are one of the few beetles that can actually jump reaching an astonishing 1-1.5 feet in the air!
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182. Almost 20% of Aborigines that live outside Australia are allergic to honey.
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183. Common logic dictates that The Lord of The Rings DID NOT take place in the middle of the earth.
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184. Cave paintings were discovered in Northern Europe suggesting that primitive man shaved.
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185. In early Colonial times, burglars were forced to wear cow bells so there location could be monitored.
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186. The Statue of Liberty was decided by Mamorandi Brazier Co. of France to have a 32C bust with polls showing it was the most appealing size.
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187. Hanna Barbera's idea for the Jetson's car came from something Barbera saw at the World's Fair when he was a boy.
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188. Bat guano was once considered a delicacy by Welsh Monarchs.
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189. The amount of saliva produced in one day by Americans would be enough to create a small sea on the moon, roughly the size of the Black Sea.
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190. Ancient Sumerian culture revered the black bean as a fruit of the gods.
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191. Cleopatra was known to dye her fingernails a brilliant red color making her the first person in recorded history to wear fingernail polish.
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192. The phrase "Cowboys & Indians" was first coined by Hollywood in the 1920's.
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193. Beer was first invented and used as a mist for calming and lulling honey bees to sleep for honey extracting.
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194. Eating 1-1.5 lbs of fish eyes per day will increase a man's sperm count and sperm mobility.
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195. 98% of men who don't lose their hair will tend to experience some hearing loss over their lifetime.
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196. up until the late 1800's & early 1900's farm animals were required to wear formal attire when taking the stand in a court of law.
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197. The amount of milk a cow will produce is related to the length of their udders. One inch equals around one gallon per day.
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198. TANG is an acronym developed by NASA meaning "Tasty Ass-Kickin NASA Go-Juice"
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199. in ancient times the skin inside an egg was used as sort of birth control the man would don during intercourse
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200. because of the recent rise in terror some places in South Africa have made paper clips illegal
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201. a hummingbird's wing is twice the length of an ostrich's beak.
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202. birds are different than people and people are not the same as birds
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