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September
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09/23/00 |
7.5 million
toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.
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09/16/00 |
7,000
babies are born in the USA every year to fathers age 55 or
older.
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09/09/00 |
6:00 P.M.
is bedtime for the typical gorilla.
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09/02/00 |
Four-fifths
of the population of Texas are city dwellers.
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August
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08/26/00 |
47 czars
are buried in the Kremlin.
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08/19/00 |
A $10,000
fine could be assigned to you if you commit the federal crime
of harassing a whale.
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08/12/00 |
A good
silk necktie requires 110 silkworm cocoons.
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08/05/00 |
A small
company in Madras, India, makes furniture for the Hindu holy.
Their chairs, sofas, toilet seats and beds are covered in
nails.
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July
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07/29/00 |
A thatched
room that is 12 inches thick will last 70 years in England.
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07/22/00 |
After
the Spanish team won the World Cup, the city of Madrid experienced
a 23-hour-long traffic jam. The police of Madrid were so excited
about the victory, they took some impromptu time off from
work.
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07/15/00 |
Americans
eat five tons of aspirin every day.
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07/08/00 |
Beaches
change from season to season. In summer, the berm is wide,
and in winter there is no berm.
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07/01/00 |
Beer was
a breakfast food in England in the 16th century.
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June
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06/24/00 |
Before
issuing a visa to their country, Tahitians require a round-trip
ticket. They want visitors, but not any new immigrants.
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06/17/00 |
Birds
don't sweat.
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06/10/00 |
Business
hours in the former Yugoslavia are from 7 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
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06/03/00 |
Camels
have three sets of eyelids.
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May
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05/27/00 |
Christmas
trees were once flocked with melted soap.
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05/20/00 |
Crabs
in Fiji climb trees.
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05/13/00 |
Cranberry
growers test their product by seeing if it will bounce. If
it doesn't bounce, it is thrown away.
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05/06/00 |
Crocodiles
can run very fast. If you are being chased by one of these
creatures, stand still. Their mouths can only open vertically,
and they can't turn their heads sideways.
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April
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04/29/00 |
Dark circles
around the eyes are not caused by lack of sleep. The skin
on the face is made pale by lack of sleep, so the area around
the eyes is made to look dark by contrast.
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04/22/00 |
Deer in
the Florida Keys are miniature in size. They are about the
same in stature as a collie.
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04/15/00 |
Each schoolchild
in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, gets two hours of ski lessons
per week as part of the regular curriculum.
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04/08/00 |
Eat a
carrot a day to help prevent cancer.
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04/01/00 |
Egyptian
Euromastyx lizards absorb all the water they need from their
food.
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March
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03/25/00 |
Elizabeth
I of Russia had 15,000 dresses.
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03/18/00 |
England's
King George I did not speak English. He spoke and wrote only
German.
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03/11/00 |
February
is the most popular month for watching television.
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03/04/00 |
Female
toads are larger than male toads.
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February
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02/26/00 |
Five ghosts
haunt the Quarry House in Macroom, Ireland. Food and silverware
fly around the kitchen, doors and windows open and slam shut,
and many strange sounds are heard.
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02/19/00 |
Flying
fish don't flap their fins.
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02/12/00 |
Giraffes
give birth standing up.
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02/05/00 |
Golf was
invented in Scotland.
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January
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01/29/00 |
In the Greek monastery of Mount Athos, nothing female is allowed.
Men can enter but not women; roosters but not hens;horses but
no mares; bulls but no cows. The border is patrolled by armed
guards to ensure that nothing feminine passes the gates. It
has been this way for more than 700 years.
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01/22/00 |
Sharks rarely attack man. Three times as many people are killed
each year by lightning as are killed by sharks. A hundred more
people die from bee stings each year than from shark bites.
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01/15/00 |
Before King George IV of England ordered a set of boots made
to fit each of his feet, shoes were designed to be worn on either
foot.
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01/08/00 |
The
Pilgrims in Massachusetts used a special tool in church, a wooden
ball attached to a long string on a stick. If anyone fell asleep
during a sermon, which might go on for seven or eight hours,
a specially appointed member of the clergy would hoist the pole
over the reprobate's head and clop him with the wooden ball.
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01/01/00
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The
figure of King Kong seen in the original movie of the same
name was actually a model 18 inches high.
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Fun
Facts from 2002
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Fun
Facts from 2001
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Fun
Facts from 1999
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Fun
Facts from 1998
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Fun Facts from 1997 |
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We would like to thank the best classified newspaper in the
whole world, The Classified Flea
Market, for providing us with many of the fun facts.
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