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o Ohio is the only U.S. state whose flag is not rectangular or square. o Excited neon atoms release red light. o Dolphins can produce notes 100 times higher than a human soprano. o 10% of U.S. coins are contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. o Colgate was the first toothpaste to be sold in tubes rather than jars. o From a U. of Michigan study: a dog’s memory span is 5 minutes, a cat’s is 16 hours. o Bob Vila was a Peace Corps volunteer. o Penicillin causes about 300 deaths per year in the United States. o The rose was adopted the national flower of the United States in 1986. o The average adult has about 46 miles of nerves. o The driver’s test was invented in France and originally included a vehicle repair section. o Alexander Graham Bell like to sip his soup through a glass straw. o In 1980 Joe Bowen walked from Los Angeles to Kentucky…on stilts. o Eighty percent of the world’s population regularly eats insects. o Autophobia is the fear of being alone. o During the Depression, 44% of all U.S. banks failed. o Canadian Hulda Crooks climbed Mt. Fuji…at age 91. o The term “aromatherapy” was coined in 1928. o Walt Whitman served three years in the Civil War…as a nurse. o There is no constitutional way to remove a Supreme Court Justice for incompetence. o Your capillaries are about 1/3000 of an inch in diameter…thinner than a hair. o Historians believe that the current jury system is derived from the Viking code of law. o Floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless. o Sears stores originally refused to stock Barbie Dolls because they were “too sexy.” o Rats have been known to survive falls from five stories high. o Puppies from the same litter can have different fathers. o William McKinley is on the U.S. $500 bill. Grover Cleveland is on the $1,000 U.S. bill. o The clavicle (collar bone) is the most frequently broken human bone. o The Beach Boys were originally called Carl and the Passions. o Kangaroos cannot back up. o Longest jump by a monster truck: 141 feet, 10 inches. o Vermont’s Panche Restaurant offers hippo, lion, and giraffe dishes on its menu. o The man who invented Jell-O was originally looking for a way to make a palatable laxative. o Alexander the Great enjoyed leading parades dressed as the goddess Artemis. o Salmon comes from the Latin word salamo, for “leaper.” o Mississippi’s largest industry: catfish. 150,000 tons are produced each year. o More people on the West Coast prefer chunky peanut butter; East Coasters, creamy. o Some Amazon tribes like Vaseline so much they used it for currency. o A fashion model’s career lasts, on average, about six years. o The whistling swan has the most feathers of any bird, about 25,000. o ’70 fans, rejoice: Corduroy literally means “the cord of kings.” o Pope John XXIII installed a bowling alley in the Vatican. o The United States produces (18%) and consumes (25%) the most energy in the world. o The official Boy Scout handshake is done with the left hand. o A dog can recognize its own urine markings a year after making them.