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o 70% of the world’s oxygen is produced by marine plants. o If a frog keeps its mouth open too long, it will suffocate. o The Dodger’s original name was the Bridegrooms. Reason: Lots of newlyweds on the team. o The gorilla’s scientific name is “Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla.” o Over 28 million copies of Jacqueline Susann’s, Valley of the Dolls have been sold. o A black widow spider’s venom is more potent than a rattlesnake’s. o Eighty percent of Americans will be fired from a job at least once in their lives. o Nearly 82% of U.S. homes have at least one computer. o In 1994, there were 397 ships in the U.S. Navy - fewer than in any year since 1939. o On average, American males spend 11.4 minutes taking a shower. Females take 13 minutes. o 57% of U.S. households have three or more telephones. o In 1948, four men tried to take a cow to the top of the Matterhorn. They all froze to death. o King George I of England couldn’t speak a word of English. He spoke German. o The New York phone book had 22 Hitler’s listed before World War II… and none after. o 8% of Americans twiddle their thumbs; 15% bite their fingernails. o Don’t let the humps fool you: The camel’s backbone is as straight as a horse’s o Male seals don’t eat during mating season. They have too many other things on their mind! o Medical fact: 95% of food-poisoning cases are never reported. o There’s about ¼ pound of salt in every gallon of seawater. o King Henry VI banned kissing in England in 1439. Reason: He thought it spread disease. o There are about 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building. o A pelican will breathe through its mouth because it doesn’t have any nostrils. o Roughly one-third of Americans live within five miles of a lake. o Four of the hottest cities in the country are in Florida. o 75% of divorced women will eventually remarry. o Like cats, Brahma Bulls purr when they’re happy. o Around the world, an estimated 16 million tons of rain falls to Earth every second. o Cleopatra tested the potency of her poisins by feeding them to her slaves. o An average American will eat at McDonald’s an estimated 1,811 times in their life. o There are an estimated 10 trillion cells in your body. o The Venezuelan cow tree’s sap looks, feels, and tastes like cow’s milk. o Pogo sticks were first used by sacrificial dancers in Borneo. o The average American eats 21.4 pounds of snack foods each year. o It takes about 12 ears of corn to produce a single tablespoon of corn oil. o One billion seconds is about 31.7 years. o Got a sick fish? Japan has at least one “fish hospital” that can treat it. o It takes seven or eight tons of sugarcane to produce one ton of sugar. o A swarm of 50,000 bees weighs about 10 pounds. o Horses can only breathe through their nostrils. o You’d have to walk five miles to burn off the calories of a single hot fudge sundae. o 15% of U.S. women say they send flowers to themselves on Valentine’s Day. o Henry Ford was the first billionaire in America. o It’s estimated that you’ll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects. o Some material brought back from the moon is 4.72 billion years old. o It would take about 14,000 years to read all the books in the Library of Congress.