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  1. Adolf Hitler- The greatest dictator in world history was a pure vegetarian.
  2. Napoleon Bonaparte had a fear of cats.
  3. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
  4. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
  5. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
  6. The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
  7. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
  8. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
  9. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
  10. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
  11. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
  12. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have producedenough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
  13. If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
  14. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
  15. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
  16. A humming bird weighs less than a penny!
  17. Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
  18. Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
  19. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
  20. A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
  21. The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!
  22. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein!
  23. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
  24. No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
  25. Leonardo De Vinci invented the scissors!!
  26. It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
  27. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver”.
  28. The numbers ‘172′ can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
  29. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  30. There is no mention of Adam and Eve eating an apple in the Bible.
  31. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
  32. The first time the word “hell” was spoken on TV was in an original “STAR TREK” episode entitled “City on the Edge of Forever”. The exact quote was “…let’s get the hell out of here…”, spoken by William Shatner.
  33. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
  34. Race car is a palindrome.
  35. Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do.
  36. If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
  37. If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
  38. If you multiply 526,315,789,473,684,210 with any number you will always find the original number in the result!
  39. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
  40. Cat urine glows under a black light.
  41. Catgut comes from sheep not cats.
  42. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
  43. Cheryl Ladd (of Charlie’s Angels fame) played the voice, both talking and singing, of Josie in the 70s Saturday morning cartoon “Josie and the Pussycats.”
  44. Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
  45. Chrysler built B-29’s that bombed Japan. Mitsubishi built the Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.
  46. 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.”
  47. Clark Gable used to shower more than 4 times a day.
  48. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
  49. Crickets hear through their knees.
  50. Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.
  51. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
  52. Banana oil is made from petroleum.
  53. 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water.
  54. The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or “corpse flower”. They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
  55. Onions contain a mild antibiotic that fights infections, soothes burns, tames bee stings and relieves the itch of athletes foot.
  56. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
  57. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.
  58. Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
  59. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old! 
  60. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
  61. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
  62. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
  63. It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
  64. Americans consume almost half of the world’s annual chocolate products
  65. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
  66. Human body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
  67. Chocolate is good for you — unfortunately, its additives aren’t! Pure cocoa powder is full of iron and antioxidants. Add sugar or butter, though, and the calories begin to mount.
  68. The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.
  69. Each rubber molecule is made of 65,000 individual atoms.
  70. One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
  71. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
  72. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.
  73. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
  74. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
  75. The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population!
  76. Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms. 
  77. Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this. 
  78. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
  79. Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won't be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount. (Common Sense)!
  80. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. 
  81. Men can breastfeed babies. 
  82. The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula. 
  83. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
  84. Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.
  85. Members of the SS had their blood types tattooed on their armpits.
  86. In ancient Greece an “idiot” was a private citizen or layman.
  87. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
  88. The steroids if ancient Rome were dried boar’s dung. Chariot racers often took a drink made from the dung before major events.
  89. Around $1 million is lost at US race tracks every year by punters who lose or carelessly throw away winning tickets. 
  90. Over 800 different languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  91. Bird droppings are the chief export of the Pacific island of Nauru.
  92. There is only one tractor in the entire country of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean.
  93. Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have access to a bomb shelter.
  94. Mount Everest is 1ft higher than it was in 1900.
  95. There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as people.
  96. There are nearly 850 different dialects in India. Of the population of over 850 million, only around 160 million understand Hindi.
  97. In most countries, if you nod your head it mean “yes”. But in Bulgaria and Albania it means “no”.
  98. There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
  99. A referee at a friendly match in Brazil drew a revolver and shot dead a player who disputed a penalty decision. The referee escaped in horseback.
  100. Italian referee Marcello Donadini was taken to hospital in 1973 after being bitten in the back by a player who didn’t agree with a decision.