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February 24, 2008 on 11:31 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments

The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird.
The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter “X,” they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas.
For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America.
Earthworms have 5 hearts.
In Australia, a dust-devil is called a “willy-willy.

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February 23, 2008 on 2:03 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments

Incas used to create pots in the shape of peanuts that were highly prized.
In the Great Fire of London in 1666, only six people were killed.
In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter.
In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome.
Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

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February 22, 2008 on 12:15 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments

On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female.
Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore leg braces when he was a child.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
It took eleven years to built the Taj Mahal, (1632-1643).
In total, Americans eat more than 45 billion sandwiches each year, while sales of custom-made sandwiches are rising 15 percent per year.

February 20, 2008 on 10:49 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments

Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking.
Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.
In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony.
Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

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