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March 2, 2008 on 10:26 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil.
- Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%
- Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.
- Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
- Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I.
- Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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March 2, 2008 on 12:06 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds.
- The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia.
- Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
- On average, 81% of Americans 16 years of age and older watch television at least once in a day.
- Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
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March 1, 2008 on 2:09 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds.
- Sir John Harington, the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, was the inventor of the toilet.
- Smelling bananas can help a person lose weight
- Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie “Braveheart.”
- Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl.
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February 28, 2008 on 11:36 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet.
- Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, JohnHancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
- On average, the American household consumes six pounds of peanut butter annually.
- No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
- NASDAQ stand for, “National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.”
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