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o Crab-eating seals don’t eat crabs. o Florida’s Disneyworld is larger than the entire city of Buffalo, New York. o About 75% of all gold mined each year is made into jewelry. o Average number of days each year when no major league sports are played: 5. o There were 16 contestants in the 1996 Arkansas Mosquito Cook-Off. o Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the IQ test. o Kangaroos are lactose-intolerant. o Why are boxing rings called rings? Because they used to be round. o Alexander Graham Bell’s father-in-law invented the burglar alarm. o In a single day, a pair of termites can produce as many as 30,000 offspring. o Karate was invented in India. o The word “Karate” means “empty hand.” o In 1681, the last dodo bird died. o More films are made in India each year than in any other country. o The first chain store was A&P. It was founded in 1842. o Take your weight and divide by three. That’s how much your legs weigh. o Alexander the Great introduced eggplant to Europe. o King Henry VIII owned tennis shoes. o President Chester A. Arthur once sold a pair of Abe Lincoln’s pants at auction. o The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps. o One of the most popular soups in 1929: peanut butter soup. o Baby pigs can be housebroken in as little as three days. o In Yukon, Oklahoma, it’s illegal for patients to pull their dentist’s teeth. o Pearls are made of calcium carbonate, the active ingredient in antacids. o The Dick Van Dyke Show was bank rolled by Joseph Kennedy, KFK’s father. o Sneakers get their name because they don’t squeal like leather shoes do. o The word longshoreman is derived from “along-the-shore-man.” o 233 Dalmatians were used in the filming of the movie 101 Dalmatians. o Termites are blind. o A minnow’s teeth are in its throat. o Count Dracula has appeared in more than 155 movies worldwide. o Before 1863, mail service in the U.S. was free. o New York’s Time Square was originally known as “Ace Square.” o The first American car theft took place in St. Louis in 1905. o British anatomist Richard Owen invented the word dinosaur in 1841. o 240 of the world’s 450 different types of cheese come from France. o Ratio of adult bookstores to McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S.: 3 to 1. o Some breeds of vultures can fly at altitudes as high as 36,900 feet. o “Whale harassment” is a federal offense and is punishable by up to $10,000 fine. o Ants have five noses. Each one smells a different odor. o There are 20 days in the Aztec week. o Cats have two sets of vocal chords: one for purring, one for meowing. o On average, females hear better than males at every age. o Genetically speaking, a guinea pig is more closely related to a cow than it is to a rat. o More than 50% of all the lakes in the world are in Canada.