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Some asteroids have other aster- oids orbiting them.
Some breeds of chickens lay col- ored eggs!
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.
Some species of fish have voices!
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes.
SONY was original- ly called 'Totsuken'.
Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
Sound travels fif- teen times faster through steel than through air.
Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris.
Spiders have trans-
parent blood.
Spinach consump- tion in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.
Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called 'Pigs Eye'.
Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste, is made from recycled tin.
Stilts were invented by French shep- herds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.
Streets in Japan do not have names.
Surgeons who lis- ten to music during operations perform better than those who don't .
Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth.
Switzerland has the
highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.
Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as tow- els with which din- ner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eat- ing!
Take your height and divide by eight. That’s how “tall” your head is.
Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
Technically speak- ing, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
Ted Turner owns about 2% of New Mexico.
Teflon is the slip- periest substance in the world.
Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach!
The Amazon rain- forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a gar- den hose.
The are six fictional characters that have stars on Hollywood's 'Walk of Fame'.
The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the
Pacific Ocean.
The Australian $5,$10,$20,$50 and $100 notes are made out of plastic.
The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.
The average American con- sumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.
The average American eats at McDonalds more than 1,800 times in their life.
The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average per- son anywhere else in the world.
The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
The average child will eat 1,500
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she gradu- ates from high school.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average city dog lives three years longer than the average coun- try dog.
The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.
The average com- pany saves over $7,000 for each employee sugges- tion that is enacted!
The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.
The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year.
The average home creates more pollu- tion than does the average car.
The average housefly lives only two weeks.
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