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It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather
for a year's supply of footballs.
Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the
palms of their hands.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western
Union to Test telex/two communications)
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without
repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only
the left hand.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, and purple.
"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the
days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The
horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how
to walk up straight staircases.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the
Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on
July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest
signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added
until 5 years later.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that
makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The ostrich is the world's largest bird. Adults stand nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall and may
weigh up to 345 pounds (156 kilograms). The male, shown, has black and white feathers.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army
for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest
point in Colorado.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies,
you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in
coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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