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Perspiration is odorless. It is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias.
Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They used spoons, knives and their fin- gers only.
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same col- ors: Black and gold.
Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.
Polar Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting.
Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
Pollen never deteri- orates. It is one of the few natural substances that
lasts indefinitely.
Porcupines float in water!
Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!
President Bush and Saddam Hussein both have their shoes made by the same Italian shoe- maker!
President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
President George W. Bush is related to all other U.S. Presidents!
President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
Pretzels were origi- nally invented for Christian Lent.
Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
Pumpkin rule of thumb: the darker the shell, the longer the pumpkin
lasts.
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were origi- nally called Baby Gays.
Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
Racehorses can wear out new horse shoes in one race.
Radio code Wilco (as in Roger Wilco) is short for Will Comply!
Rain contains vita- min B12.
Ralph Lauren's original name is Ralph Lifshitz.
Rapper LL Cool J's name is short for "Ladies Love Cool James".
Rats can tell the difference between two human lan- guages.
Rats can't vomit, that's why rat poi- son works.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descen- dants.
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.
Reno, Nevada is actually west of Los Angeles, California.
Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
Rice is the staple food for half the people of the world.
Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cot- tage cheese.
Right-handed peo- ple live, on aver- age, nine years longer than left- handed people.
Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.
Roughly a quarter of the world's peo- ple live in China.
Rubber is one of the ingredients in bubble gum.
Rubberbands last longer when refrig- erated.
Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.
Sales of Rolaids, Alka-Seltzer, and Tums jump 20% in December.
Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet.
Sandra Bullock is allergic to horses!
Saturn's rings are about 500,000
miles in circumfer- ence but only about a foot thick.
Scientists are now able to grow 'beat- ing' heart tissue in a lab!
Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.
Sharon Stone is allergic to caffeine.
Sheep can recog- nize other sheep from pictures!
Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1.
Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake.
Slugs have 4 noses!
Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
Smokers eat more sugar than non- smokers do.
Snails breathe through their feet.
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