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o The Jesse James gang’s disastrous final Northfield First National Bank robbery netted them $26.70. o Fewer than 5% of U.S. weddings take place in January. o There are fewer deaths annually from skydiving than from bee stings. o An old law in Russia allows a police officer to “beat a Peeping Tom soundly.” o Superman once gave Batman a ring of kryptonite so that if he ever lost his mind and became a danger to humans, Batman could use the ring to defeat him. o At any one time there are 100 million telephone conversations going on in the U.S. o Hanson Gregory invented the doughnut in 1847. o Caribbean natives invented the hammock. o The world’s earliest known plank-built ship, was made from cedar and sycamore dated from 2600 BC. It was discovered in the Great Pyramid in 1952. o Cacao, chocolate’s main ingredient, is the most pest-ridden tree in the jungle. o If you’re driving 50 m.p.h., half the gas your car consumes is used to overcome wind resistance. o “I don’t see any point is spelling a word right, and never did.” - Mark Twain o Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels. o 65% of all children have an imaginary friend before the age of 7. o Number of shopping carts stolen from Los Angele stores in 2005: 6.2 million. o Perfect games in bowling are seven times more common today than they were 20 years ago. o One of the original Disneyland attractions: the “Bathroom of Tomorrow” was sponsored by Crane. o Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries do. o Roughly half the world’s newspapers are published in North America. o Shaquille O’Neal’s favorite superhero: Superman (He even has a Superman tattoo.) o A piddlin is a baby beluga whale. o Lyndon Johnson had two beagles, named Him and Her. o Churchill, Manitoba calls itself the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.” o The offishal state fish of Nevada is the Cutthroat Trout. o Camel’s milk has 10 times more iron than cow’s milk does. o According to experts, human knowledge is increasing so fast that 90% of what we will know 50 years from now will be discovered in those 50 years. o Before creation of a national mint, U.S. “currency” included livestock, produce, and beads. o Most-watch series finale of a TV drama: Magnum P.I. in 1988. o First basketball player to enter the NBA directly from high school: Moses Malone, 1974. o 1960s comic book hero (and Villain): Eclipso, the “Genius Who Fought Himself.” o Alexander Graham Bell never once phoned his wife. Or his mother, either. (They were deaf.) o There are 92 cases of nuclear bombs being lost at sea. o Number-one complaint of grocery shoppers nationwide: Bananas - too ripe or not ripe enough. o Elvis Presley collected police badges in nearly every city her performed in. o Winds that blow toward the equator curve west. o In Australia, outhouses are called dunnies. o “Siamese Twins” Chang and Eng married two sisters and between them had 21 children. o America actually declared its independence from Britain on July 2, 1776. However, the declaration was not approved until July 4, 1776. o The prolific author Isaac Asimov was a claustrophile - he liked small, enclosed spaces. th o Hirohito, Japan’s 124 emperor, was an internationally respected marine biologist.