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An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (formerly of the Monkees).
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax, and correct itself.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
A whale's penis is called a dork.
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
Reindeer like to eat bananas.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver, and purple.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Cliff Claven from Cheers, whom I consider the greatest fountain of useless facts, is one of my heroes. Try googling for some of his quotes. Have fun in your quest for useless knowledge!
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Footnote: I contest the fact about Disney films. I distinctly remember both of Mulan's parents living though the whole film...although, the original list could have been written before Mulan came out..in which case, it needs to be revised.
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