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o Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as U.S. President by his father. o The ballpoint pen was patented in 1938. o Iceland enforces a TV-free day every Tuesday to encourage family interaction. o Tweety Pie won an Oscar in 1948. o A can of cat food contains as much meat as five adult mice. o In some parts of Africa, ostriches are used to herd sheep. o What are eructations, stenutations, and pandiculations? Burps, sneezes, and yawns, in that order. o The only contemporary words that end in gry are angry and hungry. o Alaska has more outhouses than any other state. o The average American consumes 87 hot dogs a year. o Ringo Starr, drummer of the Beatles, was born during an air raid in World War II. o World’s first copyrighted motion picture: Record of a Sneeze, by Thomas Edison. o The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States. o Most hummingbirds weigh less than a penny. o In 1910, Georgia Tech’s football team beat Cumberland University 222 to 0. o Louis XIV bathed once a year. o Liechtenstein, the world’s smallest country, is also the world’s largest manufacturer of false teeth. o In 1994, personal computers outsold TVs in the U.S. o Americans smoked 485 billion cigarettes in 1993 - down from 594 billion in 1985. o Take your weight, multiply if by .6. That’s roughly how man pounds of water are in your body. o 64% of Americans say they have confidence in the U.S. military. 19% say the same thing about Congress. o Denver, Colorado consumes less prune juice per capita than any other city in the U.S. o There are 364 gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” o Honey never goes bad. o It takes about 3.5 hours for sound waves to travel from San Francisco to New Your City. o Tennessee got its name in 1796; before that it was known as “Franklin.” o It takes about four hours to hard-boil an ostrich egg. o Pure alcohol freezes at -125 degrees F. o The hippo weighs about 100 pounds at birth. o William Howard Taft was the first golfer to become president. o Nine most-used words in the English language: and, be, it, of, the, will, I, have, you. o Shrimp can only swim backwards. o Colonel Governor John Winthrop introduced the table fork to America in 1620. o The first skyscraper: The 10-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago. Built :1885. Torn down: 1931. o The word “sermon” does not appear in the Bible. o A cubic yard of air weighs about two pounds. o Q. What is the moon’s astronomical name? A. Moon. o U.S. libraries received 760 requests to censor book in 1994, up from 514 in 1991. o Fish with forked tails swim faster than fish with straight tails. o 90% of Americans aren’t aware that being overweight increases the risk of strokes. o 28% of household injuries in the summer are caused by yard work. o October is traditionally the cheapest month to buy a bicycle. o 40% of Americans say they believe in love at first sight. o 50% of Americans have gray hair by the time they’re 50.