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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off .
Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larg- er than the planet Mercury!
Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.
Kermit the frog delivered the com- mencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in
France.
King George I could not speak English!
King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.
Kite flying is a pro- fessional sport in Thailand.
Kittens are born both blind and deaf.
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
Koala Bears are not bears.
Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.
Large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump!
Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Liechtenstein (1984).
Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived
from the materials used in the tanning process.
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right- handed individuals.
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of 'Helen' on 'The Jeffersons'.
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
Leonardo DiCaprio got his first ‘onscreen kiss’ from a man!
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
Lima beans contain
cyanide!
Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
Linen is actually stronger when wet.
Liquid TIDE laun- dry detergent glows under a blacklight.
London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this rea- son, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a
40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
Malcolm X's origi- nal name is Malcolm Little.
Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.
Males sweat 40% more than females.
Manhattan Island of New York City was purchased for $24 from the Algonquian Indians in 1624!
Many people in China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts.
Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who dis- covered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school.
Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
Martha Stewart became a billion- aire while in prison.
McDonald's is the world's largest dis- tributor of toys!
McDonald's salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers!
Medical research has found sub- stances in mistle- toe that can slow down tumor growth.
Medical studies show that intelli- gent people have more copper and zinc in their hair.
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!
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