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o Former Yippie Jerry Rubin declared in 1980 that “My goal is at the age of 35 to act like I’m 15.” Within a few years he was running a “networking” service and talking about how wonderful it was to make money. o In the course of a decade, a man is likely to shave off a pound of whiskers. o A butterfly lives for about 6 months. o 50% of Americans ride bikes at least once in a while. o If your body temperature was 86 degrees, you could live to be 200. o In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows. o The Pentagon made almost $85 million worth of phone calls in 1986. o Until 1709, Sweden was a major European military power. o There are 3 times as many astrologers as astronomers in America. o Persian King Xerxes I punished stormy water by having it whipped 300 times. o Karl Marx was once a correspondent for Horace Greeley’s New York Daily Tribune. o Kaiser Wilhelm II, Czar Nicholas II, and George V were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria. o Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson was asked to play for Britain’s Olympic hockey team. o Ho Chi Minh based the opening of Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence on America’s. o Although Frederick the Great doubled German’s territory, he spoke German poorly. o There really was a King Macbeth. He ruled Scotland from 1040 to 1057. o About 96% of all American children can recognize Ronald McDonald. o An average person laughs about 15 times a day. o An eagle lives about 40 years of age. o The average American consumes almost ten pounds of “chemical additives” annually. o Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. o About 7% of all working Americans have worked at McDonald’s at some time. o In 1647, New York became the first city in America with a paved street. o The first pay phone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut back in 1889. The price: 5 cents. o Thomas Edison demonstrated the first practical electric light bulb on December 20, 1879. o Average age for a parrot is 120 years. o If you’re typical, you’ll receive around 600 pieces of mail this year. o Only 10% of athletes who sign pro baseball contracts ever make it into the major leagues. o About ¼ of American households are single-parent homes. o Alexander Graham Bell was 29 when he invented the telephone. o America’s two famous foods are steak and potatoes. o The average American eats between 15 and 20 pounds of apple annually. o Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. o Americans say they hate tofu more than any other food. o The average human has seven sex fantasies a day. o The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. o Americans drink an average of 90 million cans of beer every day. o Rattlesnakes live for about 19 years. o Catherine the Great died from a stroke suffered while sitting on the toilet. o The longest serving monarch ever was Pepi II, who ruled Egypt for 90 years. o Louis XIV of France was an avid ballet dancer in his youth. o The United Kingdom officially offered Kenya to the Zionists as a Jewish homeland. o Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman in the British House of Commons, was born in Virginia.