1. There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars
2. The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased
3. The word “diamond” comes from the Greek word “adamas,” which means “unconquerable.”
4. On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day
5. For the movie “Tootsie” actor Dustin Hoffman thought of the title. His mother used to call him that as a child
6. The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia
7. The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building
8. The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897
9. There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult
10. To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed
11. The dot that appears over the letter “i” is called a tittle
12. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
13. Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18
14. Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second
15. In the summer of 1858, the smell of the sewage in the Thames River in London was so bad that the Members of Parliament had to leave from the chamber of the House of Commons. This was a result of two million people dumping all their sewage into the river
16. One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old
17. The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark
18. There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri
19. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.
20. There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas
21. An average person laughs about 15 times a day
22. The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors
23. The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit
24. In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk or cafe au lait on cereal for breakfast
25. Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon
26. Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers
27. Eating dandelions can make you urinate more
28. Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.
29. The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair
30. At the White House, president John Adams was said to be the first to display fireworks there
31. About 10% of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur in the USA every year are classified as severe.
32. Sylvia Plath was a famous poet who killed herself at age thirty-one by sticking her head into a gas oven
33. A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature
34. A rabbit is not able to vomit
35. The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose
36. Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the Niagara River
37. The world’s first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.
38. The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding
39. There are more than 40 million Americans that have “chronic halitosis,” which is bad breath that never goes away
40. The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours
41. Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph
42. The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in
43. The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is Denmark
44. One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world
45. Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA
46. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth
47. The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds
48. In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened
49. The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA
50. Any animal that has skin hair or fur can get dandruff, but in animals it is called “dander.”
51. The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
52. In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt
53. In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times
54. Jewelers Tiffany & Co., based in New York, are responsible for making the Super Bowl trophy
55. Skippy Peanut Butter is sold more in the world than any other peanut butter
56. The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level
57. In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built
58. Apples are part of the rose family

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