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o Bestselling video games of all time: Super Mario Bros. (40 million) and Tetris (33 million). o The Philco Predicta was the brand name of the first television set. o Newark, New Jersey, was the site of the first asphalt paving in 1870. o August 21 2017 is the next time a solar eclipse will be visible in the U.S. o President George W Bush spent a summer selling sporting goods for Sears. o There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia. o In Turkey, drunk drivers are dropped off 20 miles from home and made to walk back. o People have something in common with wild geese…we both get the flu. o Pigeons can’t walk without bobbing their heads. o The brain chemicals that create romantic bliss fade in about 18 months. o The ancient Greeks believed that telling a lie caused a tooth ache. o You can’t make snowballs at the South Pole because the snow is too dry and powdery. o In 1974 rain fell in Scotland that was acidic as lemon juice. o Several wars have been fought over possession of one of Buddha’s teeth. o A painting of a guide dog leading a blind man was found in Pompeii dating from 79 B.C. o According to experts, the tap water in Montpelier, Ohio, is the world’s best tasting. o When electric eels meet, they change frequencies so their electrical fields don’t interfere. o Couple with forearms of the same length are more likely to stay together. o The English traditionally ate swans for Christmas dinner. o On a clear day, it is possible to see 50 miles from atop of the Empire State Building. o First people to wear T-shirts: sailors in the U.S Navy. o The contents of King Louis XIV’s chamber pot were noted daily and entered in a log book. o To combat the winter blues, chimpanzees at the Warsaw Zoo watch three hours of TV a day. o Alexander Graham Bell tried to teach his dog to talk. o During Prohibition, there were 10,000 illegal drinking establishments in New York City. o 26% of kids prefer toy boats to rubber duckies in the bath. o The ancient Romans through unibrows were sexy. o Three top-selling towels colors: navy, burgundy, and hunter green in that order. o A Bluefin tuna can weigh over 1,000 pounds. o China consumes an average of 130,000,000 tons of rice annually. o General Santa Anna insisted on a daily siesta for his troops…even in the middle of a battle. o Benjamin Franklin was a practising nudist. o Between 1918 and 1993, 76 patents were granted for flying cars. o Fidel Castro was once offered a chance to pitch for the New York Giants. o Green turtles lay some 1,800 eggs in their lifetime. About 3 of them will survive to breed. o The border between Italy and the Vatican City is marked by a painted white line. o The tallest sunflower on record: 23 feet, 6 inches. o If you were to yell for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days and you’ll burn enough energy to heat 1 cup of coffee. o In Iceland, tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult. o The human scalp has between 120,00 and 150,000. o One cat is documented as having given birth to 420 kittens in her lifetime. o Humans consume about 3 billion pounds of chocolate annually. o Salvador Dali wore a homemade perfume of fish glue and cow dung. o Australia has more than 200,000,000 rabbits. They’re all descended from 12 original breeding pairs.