Random interesting facts., Things we don't really want to know.

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Did you know?

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny!

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!

If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

The electric chair was invented by a dentist!

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down -- hence the statement "to get fired."

Four people played Darth Vader: David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face and a fourth person did the breathing.

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On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
Also, the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. He is also sometimes referred to as the "suicide king" because he appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
For a short time, French playing-card manufacturers assigned names to the kings of the suits, the most common being David (spades), Charles (hearts; probably after Charlemagne), Caesar (diamonds), and Alexander.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

Mario's original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude.

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

Pi is the most recognized mathematical constant in the world. Scholars often consider Pi the most important and intriguing number in all of mathematics.

Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day (3/14/1879).

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song ''Happy Birthday''. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

Mark Twain didn't make it through elementary school.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.

All the swans in England are property of the Queen.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.

The Boy Scouts originated from the Boer War, when 12-15 year-old boys were recruited to serve as scouts and messengers during the Siege of Mafeking.

The term "sniper" originated from hunting snipes.

In the trench warfare conditions of World War One, the American shotgun was so effective that it caused Germany to file a diplomatic protest against its use.

Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood... Going along this line of thinking, apparently TNT is edible.

C-4 is a very stable product, well known for its durability and reliability. It will not explode even if hit by a bullet, punched, cut, or thrown into a fire (in Vietnam, soldiers actually burned C-4 as an improvised cooking fire). The only reliable method for detonation is via a detonator or blasting cap.

Pable Picasso's full name was "Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso."

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Okay, I'm done. ^^'