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o According to one poll, nearly ¾ of all American women wear a bra that is the wrong size. o The flu was first described by Hippocrates, in 412 B.C. o The Africa Queen was originally supposed to star David Niven and Bette Davis. o The first all-talking movie was called The Lights of New York. o Only 2% of American homes don’t have a Bible in them. o Your brain weighs about three pounds, but uses 20% of your blood and oxygen. o The Statue of Liberty was originally built for the Suez Canal. o The most common street name in America is “Park Street.” o In 1985, “The Cosby Show” was the highest-ranking TV program in South Africa. o More Americans visit Tijuana than any other foreign city. o A good memory is an inherited trait. o Walt Disney won more Oscars than anyone else. o Over 450 million copies of author Barbara Cartland’s books have been sold - a record. o A beehive hairdo that stood 6 feet, 6 inches is the tallest recorded hairdo in the world. o The biggest tomato on record weighed 7 ½ pounds. o In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her fifty-pond pet rock. o “All in the Family” was the #1 TV show in America from1972-76. o You have about 10 gallons of water inside you, making up about 60% of your weight. o One company manufactures an edible set of Monopoly, made of chocolate and butterscotch. o Your eyes and nose are the warmest parts of your body. o Your fingers and toes are the coldest parts of your body. o Elvis Presley had more records on the Billboards charts - 107 - than any other artist. o M&M’s were introduced in 1940 for U.S. soldiers, so their hands wouldn’t be sticky. o The first sperm banks opened in 1964; they were located in Tokyo and Iowa City. o California has had the most Miss Americas since the pageant began in 1921. o Approximately 50% of the area of the earth is covered by the Pacific Ocean. o It takes up to two million flowers to make one pound of honey. o According to Billboard magazine, the “Top Record” of the ‘70s was “You Light Up My Life.” o If you’re an average American, you see around 70 commercials for Coke annually. o Every year, the average human being has about 1,500 dreams. o In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under frozen foods. o According to Billboard magazine, the “Top Artist” of the ‘70s was Elton John. o In Elizabethan England, spoons were so rare that people brought their own. o There is enough phosphorus inside you to make 250 matchheads. o Giant tortoises lives to be 200. o An African ostrich egg weighs about 30-lbs. A 200-lb. man can stand on it without breaking it. o Pogo sticks were first used by sacrificial dancers in Borneo. o A leopon is a cross between a leopard and a lion and they really do exist. o A queen honeybee lives for about 7 years. o A shark lives for about 100 years. o Cold showers actually increase sexual arousal. o 1,200 college students streaked at the same time in Boulder, Colo., in 1974. o An average elephant lives for about 55 years. o In 1980, a secretary at Deere & Co. was fired “for making a Xerox copy of her bottom.” o Lotion, from lotium, means urine. Romans used it as hair tonic because it killed lice.