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• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
• The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
• Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
• All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
• No word in the English language rhymes withmonth, orange, silver or purple.
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt.
• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
• Almonds are a member of the peach family.
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
• There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
• Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina delos Angeles de Porciuncula"
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
• Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
• A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
• A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this @ home!)
• The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tub and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
• "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  

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