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o The Dickin Medal for Valor during World War II was awarded to 32 carrier pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a cat. o Centipedes are carnivores while millipedes are vegetarians. o If you count things compulsively, you’re an arithmomaniac. o Snails have teeth. o Second most-published playwright in history, after Shakespeare is Neil Simon. o 30% of U.S. adults actually have dandruff but nearly 50% say they’re “self-conscious about it.” o 32% of women and 8% of men say they’re better at doing the laundry than their spouse. o City with the largest Polish population is Warsaw. Second largest is Chicago. o You can buy horseradish ice cream in Tokyo. o Chances are that 13% of the letters in this book are the letter “e.” o In the 1820s, a temperance movement tried to ban coffee, and nearly succeeded. o In 1912 the Archbishop of Paris declared dancing the tango a sin. o It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it. o The average age that a child begins to use a microwave is seven. o Income taxes are what Einstein called “the most difficult thing to understand.” o Face value of a Titanic boarding pass auctioned in 1999 was $8.00 but sold for $100,000. o Three things that pregnant women dream of most during their first trimester is 1 - frogs, 2 - worms and 3 - potted plants. o Another word for mininette is “volleyball.” o Number of grooves etched into U.S. dimes: 118. Into U.S. quarters: 119. o Only state with official vegetables: New Mexico, with chili and frijole. o The largest of the Easter Island statue weighs more than 80 tons. o The average American uses 730 crayons by the age of 10. o The blood vessels of a blue whale are wide enough for an adult trout to swim through. o 63% of American adults will rent at least one video/DVD this month. o Farthest distance a pumpkin has been hurled without the use of explosives is 3,718 feet. o Highest fast-food restaurant is McDonald’s in La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,000 feet above sea level. o Hawaii’s state fish is the humuhumunukunukuapua’s. o According to Pickle Planters Intl, the crunch of a pickle should be audible from 10 paces. o Top speed of an abalone on the move is 5 years per minute. o Checkers used to be known as “chess for ladies.” o Iron Age magazine once called Theodore Roosevelt “a drunk.” He sued them and won 6 cents. o In the 1500s, England’s Queen Elizabeth I outlawed wife beating after 10 p.m. o If you’re an average sleeper, you’ll roll over 12 times in bed tonight. o In France, a good snack is pig brain Pate spread over crackers. o Sheep snore. o None of the passengers of the Mayflower had middle names. o Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to boil half a gallon of water. o Sigmund Freud charged the equivalent of $8.10 an hour for this therapy sessions. o Top three “problem” employees according to the Wall Street Journal are “The Non-Stop Talker,” “The Screamer,” and the Practical Joker.” o The French eat an average of 200 million frogs each year. o A group of jellyfish is known as a “smack.” o Christopher Columbus’s fee for “discovering” America was about $300.