Did You Know??

- Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
- The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley 
- Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China 
- The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles 
- Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels 
- The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool." 
- Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone 
- Most lipstick contains fish scales
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language 
- No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
- The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia 
- A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
- Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
- There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake
- Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas 
- The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
- One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds
- Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie
- The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people 
- China has more English speakers than the United States 

- In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring  
- The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes
- Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years 
- When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns
- Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days
- The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is "Salarymen." 
- The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot
- The words "abstemious," and "facetious" both have all the five vowels in them in order 
- Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world 
- The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles 
- Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine
- The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe
- The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine
- Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year
 - Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States
- The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10 inches
- 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris 
- In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries
- The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history 
- A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay
- The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service 
- Scatologists are experts who study feces. (aka. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc.)
- Pumpkins contain potassium and vitamin A 
- At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a piece of music in half an hour 
- The biggest bug in the world is the Goliath Beetle which can weigh up to 3.5 ounces and be 4.5 inches long 

 









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