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o Canned herring are called sardines because the canning process was developed in Sardinia. o The groove abound the rim of a bullet is called the cannelure. o The NFL buys up to 150 Super Bowl rings per year, at $5,000 per ring. o George Washington and Colonel Sanders were Freemasons. o The Toyota Corolla is the bestselling car of all time with over 32 million sold since 1966. o A googol is the mathematical term for 1 followed by 100 zeros. o Cost to decorate a Christmas tree with electric lights in 1899: $300 o World’s largest per-capita consumer of turkey: Israel. o In the U.S., people choke on toothpicks more often than on any other object. o The Roman candle was invented in China. o Baby whales are born tail first. o The first train reached a top speed of only 5 m.p.h. o A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches. o Iowa is bigger than Portugal. o Nikhedonia is the feeling of pleasure one gets from anticipating victory. o World’s biggest consumers of music: the British, who account for 7.2% of global sales. o Among American men, those with the highest income are the most likely to be overweight but among American women, those with the lowest income are most likely to be overweight o The Himalayan Mountains cover one tenth of the Earth’s land mass. o SpongeBob SquarePants was going to be “Spongeboy,” but that name was already trademarked. o Turtles pass gas. o Gary Trench of Phoenix once sleepwalked to work and packed toys for 3 hours before waking up. o “Visitors always bring pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.” - Portuguese proverb. o 7% of Ireland’s barley crop is used in the production of Guinness beer. o Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch. o The last words Walt Disney wrote were “Kurt Russell.” o The Sargasso Sea has no coastline. (It’s in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.) o Take his wife, please? Henny Goodman was happily married for 59 years. o An infrasonic sound is one that’s too low for humans to hear. o Found in a shark’s belly in 1941: 3 belts, 9 shoes, 14 stockings, and 43 buttons. o Burger King’s original name was Insta Burger King. o American’s consume 100 pounds of chocolate every second. o If a tuna stops swimming it sinks. o American police officers were first required to read suspects their Miranda rights in 1966. o Michael Caine’s real name: Maurice Mickelwhite. (He too “Caine” from The Caine Mutiny.) o Some male songbirds sing more than 2,000 times each day. o In the 1940s, the Canadian gov’t advised moms to begin toilet-training babies at 1 month old. o Disneyland, CA, and Disney World, FL, are both located in Orange County. o The average person swallows 295 times while eating a meal. o In economics, DINK is an acronym for a married couple with “double income, no kids.” o The most flowers sold in U.S. history was the day after Elvis Presley died in 1977. o Fantasy sports is a $1.5 billion a year industry in the United States. o Cockroaches spend 75% of their time resting. o Original U.S. gold coinage included, $10, $5, and $2.50 coins. o A bladderpipe is a bagpipe that includes a hedgehog bladder.