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•The odds of a mother having twins are 90 to 1.

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•Right now, this very second, 70% of the people driving on U.S. highways are speeding.



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•There are 74 lobbyists for every one senator in Washington D.C.



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•If you counted for 24 hours a day, it would take over 31,000 years to reach one trillion.



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•Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

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•The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

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•The skeleton of an average 160-pound body weighs about 29 pounds

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•By age 60, most people have lost half their taste buds.



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•A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will (on average) lose two teeth every 10 years



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•90 percent of the population has an "innie" belly button.



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•The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

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•A fingernail or toenail takes about six months to a year to grow from base to tip.



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•The human body has 70,000 miles of blood vessels.



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•The thumbnail grows the slowest. The middle nail grows the fastest.

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•The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.



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•The surface of the human skin is 21.5 square feet (2 m2).



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•There are 230 joints in the human body.

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•The average human head weighs about eight pounds.

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•The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day

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•J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't let his drivers make left turns.

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•Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts salt water to fresh water.

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•The metal band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule.

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•The little piece of cartilage that sticks out at the front side of your ear is called the Tragus.

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•The points of light that you see behind your eyelids when you shut your eyes really hard are called Phosphenes.



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•There are 104 stitches on a baseball.

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•A boomerang will return to the thrower even in space.



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OK this one is really cool

•The top of the Empire State building was built to anchor blimps.

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Southern_Belle wrote:

OK this one is really cool

•The top of the Empire State building was built to anchor blimps.

Yes, true



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•A boomerang will return to the thrower even in space.

No. The aerodynamics it needs to change its' direction do not exist in a vacuum.

 



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A large percentage of the budget for Monty Python and the Holy Grail was donated by members of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

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There are roughly 70 ingredients in the McRib.

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p.s. How is that even possible???

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There is a Librarian of Congress!!!!!!!

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Deipnophobia is the fear of dinner party conversations.

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Atticus Finch's final speech in To Kill A Mockingbird was shot in ONE TAKE!

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Opossums don't "play dead." When frightened, they become over-excited and pass out.

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Teddy Roosevelt -  WTF fun facts



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Is hookah healthier than cigarettes - WTF fun facts



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The most nutritious fruit in the world - WTF fun facts



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How many people eat at McDonalds each day?  -  WTF fun facts



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Donate your voice to help people -  WTF fun facts



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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.

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How many people eat at McDonalds each day?  -  WTF fun facts

 That should seriously cut down on the number of McDonald's in the world.  What food group is the stone?



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Obsessive nose picking is called rhinotillexomania.

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And this makes 100 posts!!!

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The caps of city fire hydrants are painted certain colors to alert fire fighters to the amount of water pressure available from that hydrant.

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Jimi Hendrix actually opened for the Monkees.

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In 1980, Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

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In 1980, Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

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 Well, that explains the state of Detroit now, doesn't it?  It's cursed like Iraq.



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flan327 wrote:

In 1980, Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

flan

 Well, that explains the state of Detroit now, doesn't it?  It's cursed like Iraq.

 I know, right? That is exactly what I thought.

Did you see the one about To Kill A Mockingbird?

So neat!

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