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o There was so little dialogue in the original “Mission Impossible” TV show that Peter Graves, the star, once fell asleep in the middle of a scene… and no one noticed. o At one time, tulips were traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. o Whales are the fastest-growing animals in the world. o The Oscar weighs 8 pounds, 13 ounces. o A domestic cat has 18 claws. o The word mail is taken from an old German term for “sack,” or “pouch.” o 52% of Americans polled say they’d “rather spend a week in jail” than be president. o The word Mafia comes from an Old Arabic word that means “sanctuary.” o If you’re an average American, you’ll eat 5,666 fried eggs in your lifetime. o McDonald’s restaurants have sold over 371 million gallons of hamburger grease since 1955. o In 1993, 96,000 refund checks worth $50 million were returned to the IRS as undeliverable. o 46% of Americans say they’re being “left behind by technology;” of these, 16% “don’t care.” o Damascus, Syria, is the oldest continuously occupied city in the world. o Hotel industry study: 70% of people who lock themselves out of their rooms are women. o Say, “3,000 puppies.” In the time it took you to say it, about 3,000 puppies were born in the U.S. o Poll result: 40% of Americans who move to a new address switch toothpaste brands at the same time. o England’s Prince Charles won the Alfred E. Neuman Look-Alike Contest in 1992. o If a family had 2 servants or less in 1900, census takers recorded it as “lower-middle-class.” o Police statistic: When burglars break into a home, they usually go straight for the master bedroom. o NASA spent $200,000 on a “sanitary-napkin-disposal unit” for female astronauts in 1992. o In 1992, 2,421 people checked into U.S. emergency rooms with injuries involving house plants. o Forty-seven percent of all paperback books sold in the U.S. in 1993 were romance novels. o Number one dispenser of college scholarships for women in the U.S.: the Miss America pageant. o The lollipop was named after Lolly Pop, one of the most famous racehorses of the early 1900s. o Q. In which continent do college graduates outnumber high school grads? A. Antarctica. o Dallas, Texas has more tanning salons than any other city in the U.S. o In 1992, 5,840 people checked into U.S. emergency rooms with “pillow-related injuries.” o NASA “blew up or lost” $567 million worth of equipment in 1993. o Children learn an average of 10 new words a day between the ages of two and five. o Your mouth produces a quart of saliva every day. o American libraries have 6.5 books per American. Swedish libraries have 12.9 per Swede. o Personal letters make up only 4.5% of the mail delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. o Nobody knows where Mozart is buried. o On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat…and women are 23% muscle and 25% fat. o The U.S. Census call a place with 2,500 people a town. If it has 2,501 or more, it’s a city. o 46% of U.S. women say they “wish they could do something about their thighs.” o Jesse James issued his own press releases. o According to one estimate, Benjamin Franklin had 24 illegitimate children. o Top 3 most hated foods in the U.S.: tofu, liver, and yogurt. o There were no Betty Rubbles in Flintstone Vitamins until 1995. o The odds are good that the Empire State Building will be struck by lightning twice from April to October. o There is no rice in rice paper. o Five differed dolphins “acted” in TVs Flipper”… but only one horse played Mr. ED.