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o Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star. o Thomas Edison invented wax paper. o Ninety percent of U.S. businesses are family-owned. o An estimated 79% of all Americans have bought lottery tickets. o When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year. o Rule of thumb: Nearly all boys grow at least as tall as their mothers. o It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs. o Charles Dickens always slept facing north. He thought it improved his writing. o Men get hiccups more often than women do. No one knows why. o Good news: The bible has been translated into Klingon. o State of the Union: The house where Thomas Jefferson wrote much of the Declaration of Independence was torn down and replaced with a hamburger stand. o If you’re an average American, you’ll spend about 6 months of your life waiting at red lights. o The #1 use of gold in the United States: class rings. o Chimpanzees lie a lot. How do scientists know? They taught them sign language. o Armadillos can be housebroken. o Humans are the only primates that don’t have pigment in the palms of their hands. o The word “squaw” does not appear in any Native American language. o Ten percent of the Russian government’s income comes from the sale of vodka. o Hamsters get their name from Hamstern, a German word that means “to hoard.” o In 1990, the average American drank 12 sodas a year, Today it’s 556. o Redheaded men are more likely to go bald than anyone else. o Business traveler’s gain an average of 5 lbs. every year they’re on the road. o U.S. hens lay enough eggs in a year to circle the equator 100 times. o According to NASA, it’s nearly impossible to shed tears in zero gravity. o The reason that prostitution is illegal in Reno and Las Vegas is because men gamblers bet more money when they bring their wives. o Only 48% of the sun’s energy actually reaches the Earth. o On target: When a male camel spits at something, it aims for the eyes. o One in five Americans cannot say which president is on the $1 bill without looking. o According to a garment industry study, 75% of the women wear the wrong bra size. o Holland is the only country with a national dog. o One in three Taiwanese funeral processions includes a stripper. o Constipation kills more fruit flies than any other ailment. o U.S. women over 55 watch more TV than anyone else; men 8 to 24 watch the least. o There were no ponies in the Pony Express. o The Statue of Liberty’s mouth is only three feet wide. o A Dudley Do-Right lunch box and thermos sold at auction for $2,200 in 1992. o America’s first organization was founded in 1929, by three men. o At the first professional baseball game, the umpire was fined 6 cents for swearing. o 90% of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. o On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. o The world’s first animated TV ad was created by Dr, Seuss in 1949, for the Ford Motor Co. o In a 1990 preschool poll, Mr. Rogers was first choice for president of the United States. o Most raindrops are round or doughnut shaped, and not “raindrop shaped.”