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o A half-ounce of gold can be stretched into wire 25 miles long. o Gall balls will bounce higher than rubber ones. o The black box on an airplane is really orange. o EGADS is a military acronym for Electronic Ground Automatic Destruct System. Egads! o Computer experts claim that there are more than 1 million computer viruses are in circulation. o Six to nine new computer viruses are found daily. o The average age of a computer virus writer is from 14 to 24. o Zenith Radio developed the first TV remote control in 1950 and dubbed it “Lazy Bones.” o Pong was the world’s first video game, released in 1972. Its creator went on to found Atari. o Cats walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, instead of right then left. o It takes over half a million trees to supply North Americans with their Sunday newspaper. o The earliest horse was about the size of a fox terrier. o Galileo made the first thermometer in around 1600. o Among the many ingredients found in dynamite are peanuts. o Starfish can turn their stomachs inside out. o It takes seven minutes for the average person to fall asleep. o Over 75% of all the world’s countries lie north of the equator. o You can burn up to 150 calories per hour banging your head against the wall. o Anteaters prefer termites to ants. o Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. o The smallest single cell is a man’s body is his sperm. o Catgut, used in tennis rackets, comes from sheep not cats. o Rats are easy to poison because they cannot vomit. o Petrol is the largest item of international commerce, followed by coffee. o One in 20 children are born on the dates predicted by their mothers’ doctor. o The amount of carbon is the human body could fill about 9,000 pencils. o Ketchup was once sold as a medicine. o Astronauts cannot be over six feet tall. o Chickens are the closest living relative of the T. rex. o The left nostril is controlled by the right side of the brain and vice versa. o When a cat rubs up against you, it is marking its territory. o Australia is the only continent without an active glacier or volcano. o You are most likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day. o A watermelon is really a berry. o Dr. Seuss coined the word “nerd” in his book If I Ran The Zoo. o In its lifetime, a cow produces 200,000 glasses of milk. o Seventy percent of the world’s living organisms are bacteria. o Cows have four stomachs. o Pearls can dissolve in vinegar. o Almonds are in the same family as peaches. o Most earthquakes last under one minute. o One in 1,000 oysters and one in 3,000 mussels contain a pearl. o “Carat” comes from the Greek word for “carob,” whose seeds were once used as weights. o On or under the ocean floor are coal, oil, gas, and diamonds. o The largest flower is the giant rafflesia, which grows up to 3 feet (105 cm) across.