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o About 28,000 commercial airline flights are scheduled daily in the United States. o Only about 8,000 planes are available to fly the more than 28,000 commercial airline flights that are scheduled daily. o First baseball player to be named Rookie of the Year was Jackie Robinson in 1947. o There is no leading cause of death for people who live past the age of 100. o Chameleon rule of thumb: If a chameleon loses a fight it turns grey bit if it wins, it turns green. o Most plastic surgery performed on American men is breast reduction. o When William Shakespeare moved to his new home, he named it New Home. o The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as their brain. o Five percent of Americans say they never make their beds. o President McKinley’s pet parrot was named Washington Post. o Oregon has the most ghost towns of any state. o First U.S. coin to have a president on it was the 1909 Lincoln penny. o London police photographed eyes of Jack the Ripper’s victims theorizing that his image might be recorded on their retinas. o The black sheep got such a bad rap because their wool is harder to dye than the wool of white sheep. o The Wyoming Valley is so difficult because it’s in Pennsylvania. o First movie ever shown in the White House was the Birth of a Nation in 1916. o A panda sounds like it has indigestion when it is roaring. o According to anthropologists, the world’s oldest profession is witch doctor. o When you’re looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate. o When you’re looking at someone you hate, your pupils dilate. o In Japan, you can buy hot chocolate cocoa flavored with 2% chili pepper sauce. o Pollination experts say: We can thank bees for apples, flies for chocolate and bats for tequila. o New York’s George Washington Bridge is the busiest stretch of highway in the U.S. o The world’s first golf rule book was published in 1745 in Scotland. o The $100,000 bill is the highest bill ever minted by the U.S. Treasury. o The 5 cent bill is the lowest bill ever minted by the U.S. Treasury. o If you’re average, you’ll move your residence 11 times in your life. o Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. o Tigers can be taught to use litter boxes…big litter boxes. o Question marks have only been around for some 300 years. They’re the youngest punctuation marks in the English language. o 35% of people watching TV yell at it. o According to a Gallup poll, one in seven Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a map of the world. o The world’s largest restaurant, the Royal Dragon, in Bangkok serves 5,000 dinners at one time. All 541 waiters are on roller skates. o American office workers send an average of 36 e-mails a day. o Bottles-nosed whales can dive 3,000 feet in two minutes. o Total combined population of the North American colonies in 1610: 350. th o In the 19 century, India imported ice harvested from ponds in the United States. o In a recent poll, 23% of workers surveyed said they’d work harder if their employer offered them a $1,000 shopping spree at the store of their choice. o If a grasshopper is hungry enough, it will eat the paint off a house. o When you use your car’s brakes, they generate enough heat to warm your house.