Totally Useless
Possibly True But Fun Facts
Did you know...
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The original name
for the butterfly is "flutterby?"
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A rat can last
longer without water than a camel?
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There are over 6
billion dust mites living in the average bed?
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The blue whale
weighs 50 tons at birth?
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A grizzly bear can
run as fast as the average horse?
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More people are
killed annually by donkeys than by air crashes?
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All polar bears are
left-handed?
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The eye of an
ostrich is bigger than its brain?
How long does a
pencil last? The average pencil can draw a line 35 miles
long, or print out 50,000 words. Of course, nobody ever holds
onto one long enough to find out for sure!
What is the largest
manufacturing industry in the world? The car industry.
About 50 million cars are added to the world's roadways each year.
Walking down a steep
hill can put the pressure of 3 times your body weight on your knees.
George Washington died
after being bled to death by leeches. He was so afraid of
being buried alive that he requested that his body be laid out for
three days before burial to make sure he was dead.
John Hancock was the
only one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence to sign
the document on July 4th. |
