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Fun Facts 2002 |
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December
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12/28/02 |
HAIR
DRYERS IN THE Quick Dry Beauty Salon in ong Kong can dry a head
of hair in 90 seconds. Beauty operators must be certain to remove
all rollers & bobby pins, as the drying mechanism is microwave!)
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12/21/02 |
PRINCESS
DIANA OF WALES was born on July 1, 1961.
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12/14/02 |
SUPERMARKETS
IN JAPAN have robots slicing meat.
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12/07/02 |
THE
KIWI IS THE ONLY bird with it's nostrils at the tip of it's
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November
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11/24/02
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THE
WORD "MUSEUM" MEANS "Temple of the Muses."
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11/17/02
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URBANA,
ILLINOIS IS THE home of The Vaculite Corp, which built a
very powerful vacuum cleaner. The suction is so strong the
machine can pull wallpaper off of walls.
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11/10/02
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SNAKES
CANNOT BE FOUND on hog farms. Pigs kill snakes immediately.
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11/03/02
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QUEEN
VICTORIA'S FIRST act upon her coronation was to remove her
bed out of her mother's bedroom.
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October
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10/27/02
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PREGNANT
WOMEN ARE MORE susceptible to sunburn than anyone else.
Wear sunscreen!)
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10/20/02
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ONE
TON OF IRON TURNS into three tons of rust.
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10/13/02
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NIACIN
PREVENTS INSANITY.
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10/06/02
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INFANTS
THAT ARE FEMALE smile more than those that are male.
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September
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09/29/02
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KEEP
SEVERAL GALLONS OF distilled water on hand in case of earthquake
or natural disaster.
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09/22/02
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THE
HALLSTADT CIVILIZAtion in Austria dates back more than 4000
years.
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09/15/02
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SQUARE
BOTTLES ARE TOO weak at their corners to hold liquids. They
break.
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09/08/02
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THE
ULTRA VIOLET RAYS of the sun destroy frog eggs. As a result,
frogs are quickly becoming extinct
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August
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08/25/02
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THE
BUBONIC PLAGUE killed about 40% of those who caught it.
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08/18/02
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THE
COAL MINES IN NEWcastle, England eject tons of soot into
the air. The sky contains so much coal dust that rainbows
in the area consist of black, brown & gray.
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08/11/02
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ISRAELI
POSTAGE STAMPS contain glue that is kosher. That's certified!
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08/04/02
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HUMANS
ARE THE ONLY enemy of the fire ant.
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July
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07/28/02
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IN
FRANCISCO PIZARRO'S expedition to Peru, emeralds as large
as pigeon eggs were found. Unfortunately, the belief at the
time was that emeralds could not be crushed, so the explorers
pounded the rocks w/ hammers to test their authenticity. When
the emeralds shattered, they thought all they had found was
green colored glass. As a result, some of the largest emerald
gems ever discovered were accidentally destroyed.
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07/21/02
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HAVE
YOUR TEETH CLEAN professionally every 6 mos.
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07/14/02
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LEMONS
YIELD MORE JUICE if they are microwaved for 30 seconds before
squeezing.
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07/07/02
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HALF
THE SILVER EVER mined was mined in the 20th century.
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June
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06/30/02
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OCEAN
WAVES MAY GO DOWN as deep as 1000 feet below the surface of
the water.
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06/23/02
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MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS ARE in no way required by law to attend sessions
of the House or Senate.
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06/16/02
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RABBITS
TAKE 18 NAPS per day
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06/09/02
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THE
GROUNDHOG IS THE only rodent that will eat onions.
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May
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05/26/02
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THE
INNER EAR REQUIRES more energy to operate than the heart.
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05/19/02
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THE
WORD "MOUSE" CAME from a Sanskrit word for "THIEF".
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05/12/02
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THERE
ARE 365 DIMPLES on a golf ball.
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05/05/02
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THE
CHEWING OF GUM IS against the law in Albania.
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April
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04/28/02
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THE
GREAT ANNUAL BANANA Slug Race is held at Prarie Creek Campground.
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04/21/02
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THE
SUN IS MOST POTENT from 10am to 2pm. Always wear sunscreen.
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04/14/02
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QUEEN
ELIZABETH II OF England wore three different crowns on her
coronation day: Queen Victoria's diamond circlet diadem,
St Edward'sCrown,
and the Imperial Crown of State.
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04/07/02
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THE
WORD "LAMPOON" USED to mean "Let's drink!" to French students
in taverns.
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March
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03/31/02
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PROFESSIONAL
COWBOYS are not permitted to stick their thumbs up the noses
of steers.
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03/24/02
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THE
WORD "GOLD" APPEARS in the bible more than 400 times.
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03/117/02
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THERE
ARE FEWER FACTORY workers in Detroit & Pittsburgh combined
than there are in Brooklyn, New York.
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03/10/02
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NOMADS
IN THE SAHARA Desert make their houses out of camel dung &
chicken wire.
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February
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02/24/02
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ROUTE
66 WESTBOUND OUT of Albuquerque used to be a camel trail.
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02/17/02 |
SINCE
THE SIXTH CENTURY the Japanese throne has been occupied by
the same family.
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02/10/02 |
THE
NAME "SHEENA" IS the Scottish version of the name "Jeannie".
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January
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01/27/02 |
SPAIN
WAS UNIFIED BY the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon to Isabella
of Castile in 1469.
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01/20/02 |
THE WOLF
WALKS AMONG the caribou. If the wolf hangs it's head low,
the caribou run away.
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01/03/02 |
PLANES
AREN'T THE ONLY thing in the air that gather ice & lose altitude.
Birds do this, too.
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01/06/02 |
THE
BEAVER SHARPENS it's teeth by chewing wood.
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Fun
Facts from 2001
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Fun
Facts from 2000
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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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