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o More than 44 million Americans say they want to stop smoking. Only 1.3 million will. o George Washington’s false teeth were made of Hippopotamus ivory. o The silkworm can spin a threat more than ½ a mile long. o More than 28 million Americans buy Christmas presents for their dogs every year. o Sea lions can swim at speeds up to 25 m.p.h. o Iowa is the state with the highest percentage of literate citizens. o Washington is the state that recycles the most. o Idi Amin was Uganda’s heavyweight boxing champ from 1951-1960. o Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue. o Americans eat half as much bread as they did 20 years ago. o The longest recorded flight of a paper airplane is more than 1 ¼ miles. o Alaska is closer to the Soviet Union than it is to the 48 contiguous United States. o Women blink more than men and most humans blink 6.2 million times a year. o Given a second chance, 18% of Americans said they would not remarry their spouses. o A goldfish kept in the dark will eventually turn white. o White House meals were cooked over a fireplace until 1850. o In 1991, there were 16 people on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. o James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, never visited the U.S. o Researcher say that more than 90% of all Americans bite their fingernails. o The elephant tree sprays a foul smelling spray at animals that try to eat its leaves. o The average American uses 8 pounds of newspaper every month. o Bob hope had 33 filing cabinets of jokes in a fireproof vault: 17 were full of jokes he never used. o The most common dream is of falling, followed by being chased or attacked. o Humans can see over 10 million colors and smell over 50 thousand aromas. o The fingernail on your middle finger grows faster than the nails on the other fingers do. o Pumice is the only rock that floats. o Carnivores will not eat an animal that has been hit by lightning. o Cats walk on their claws, not on their paws. th o If a month starts on a Sunday, it will include a Friday the 13 . o Chow dogs have black tongues. o Sharks are immune to every disease including cancer. o The only animal evidence admissible in American courts is from bloodhounds. o The only bird than can fly backward is the hummingbird. o The cat is the only domestic animal that does not appear in the Bible. o There are leach farms and the average leech costs $7.50. o South America has earthworms up to 8 feet long, ¾” around, and over one pound. o Eye gunk that accumulates when you sleep is a combination of sweat, oil, and tears. o Humans suffer from dandruff; in animals, it’s called dander. o The average human loses 80 hairs a day. o Cockroaches can run up to 3 m.p.h. o Pessimism raises blood pressure; laughter lowers it. o Laughing provides an aerobic workout for the body’s diaphragm. o You dream an average of 5 times a night with each successive dream lasting longer. o The computer was Time’s “Man of the Year” in 1982. o The idling frequency of a diesel engine is 26 cycles per second, the same as a cat’s purr.