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o Shoplifters? Florida beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually. o A floatsam is what floats on the ocean, and jetsam is what gets tossed overboard from a ship. Jetsam is also called “lagan.” o All in the Family: President George W Bush and his 2004 opponent Sen. John Kerry, are ninth cousins, twice removed. o All the DNA in a human body could fit inside one ice cube. o The average homeowner spends three days per year waiting for repairmen to arrive. o As a 5’11” sophomore, Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity basketball team. o Hair is 70% easier to cut when soaked in warm water for 2 minutes. o Because fruits ferment, virtually all fruit juices contain minute amounts of alcohol. o All dinosaurs walked on their toes. o There are the same amount of U.S. high-school teachers as there are Wal-Mart employees. o Diameter of Mars: 4,456,789,399,309,927,555 feet (give or take a few inches). o The reddish colors magenta, sienna, and Venetian red are all named after Italian cities. o The “real” name of the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons: Jeff Albertson. o The South Korean government had promised to put a robot in every home by 2012. o Most common symbol of romantic love worldwide: the heart. o Most popular toothbrush color: blue. o Switzerland hasn’t gone to war with another country since 1515. o Marshmallow Peeps contain pork. o No $2 bills were printed in 2002. o Fastest-growing city in 1990: Gilbert, Arizona. Fastest-shrinking city since 1990: Detroit, Michigan. th o Columbus took his son Diego along on his 4 trip to the New World. o Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat for 75% of America’s wildlife. o A common housefly carries some 1,941,000 bacteria on its body. o About a million Americans have named their dog the primary beneficiary in their wills. o The average American household wastes 14% of the food it buys. o Odds that a bestselling book is a diet book: 20% o White wine gets darker when it ages. Red wine gets lighter. o There are 122 bumps per square inch on a Spalding basketball. o Worldwide, there is a 60% chance that a marriage was arranged. o Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place in spring. o If you divide the world’s Legos amount the human race, every man, woman, and child gets 75. o Onions contains a mild antibiotic. o The hole where a seal come up to breath is called an atluk. o Hydrofluoric acid will dissolve rubber gloves…but can be safely stored in plastic containers. o Most mall Santa’s prefer chocolate-chip cookies and the Green Bay Packers. o You have to process 88,000 pounds of liquefied air to get 1 pound of neon gas. o Robigus is the Roman god of mildew and grain rust. o Milk is used to manufacture glue, paint, some plastic, and candy. o There are 100,000 muscles in an elephant’s trunk. o At a 2007 auction, a pill bottle once used by Elvis Presley sold for $2,460. o The phrase a cappella¸ literally means “in chapel style.” o The ampersand (&) was once considered a letter of the English alphabet. o Average speed of a horse-drawn carriage: 8 m.p.h.. Average speed of New York City traffic: 9.9 m.p.h.