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12/14/07 The average weight of shopping mall Santa's is 220lbs!

12/13/07 When exiting a cave, bats always turn left!

12/12/07 The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

12/11/07 The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes!

12/10/07 There are 450 different types of cheese in the world.

12/7/07 49% of American's start their day with a bowl of cereal.

12/6/07 Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones!

12/5/07 When young and broke, PABLO PICASSO kept warm by burning his own paintings.

12/4/07 Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

12/3/07 Approximately 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

11/30/07 Online retail sales in the U.S. are expected to hit $33 billion this holiday season!

11/29/07 The screwdriver was invented before the screw.

11/28/07 A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!

11/27/07 Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

11/26/07 You share your b-dat with at least 9 million other people in the world!

11/20/07 White meat has fewer calories and less fat than dark meat on a turkey!

11/19/07 The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger.

11/16/07 The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.

11/15/07 The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

11/14/07 Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit can damage the spacesuit!

11/13/07 In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50

11/09/07 Jet lag was once called boat lag, back before jets existed.

11/08/07 Wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of your left hand because people used to believe that the vein in this finger goes directly to your heart.

11/07/07 Non-Dairy creamer is flammable!

11/02/07 Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music!

11/01/07 Turkeys look up at the sky during a rainstorm, and some have known to drown as a result.

10/31/07 Ninety percent of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids' Halloween trick-or-treat bags.

10/30/07 Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped candy in America.

10/23/07 Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

10/22/07 Monday Night Football was the brainstorm idea of Pete Rozelle, the NFL Commissioner in 1970.

10/19/07 One ton of grapes can produce 720 bottles of wine.

10/18/07 The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

10/17/07 Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse.

10/16/07 Pizza delivery drivers report women are better tippers, anchovies are the least favored topping while pepperoni is the favorite.

10/15/07 Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food.

10/12/07 The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.

10/11/07 Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933.

10/10/07 A car is stolen every 28 seconds in America

10/9/07 Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state.

10/8/07 The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes.

10/5/07 The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette.

10/4/07 Billy Joel's CD, "52nd Street" was the first CD to be released to the public. Released in Japan in October of 1982.

10/3/07 A leech has 32 brains.

10/2/07 The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England.

10/1/07 On this date (October 1) 1908, the first Model T Ford was introduced by Henry Ford!

9/28/07 An elephant can drink as much as two gallons of water at a time into its trunk!

9/27/07 A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.

9/26/07 The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest!

9/24/07 The longest bout of sneezing on record is 978 days.

9/19/07 66% of men wash their hands after using the rest room, while 88% of women was their hands!

9/14/07 Sheep can survive for up to two weeks buried in snow drifts.

9/13/07 The record for the longest Monopoly game played in a bathtub is ninety-nine hours.

9/12/07 The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it.

9/11/07 Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg.

9/10/07 Lady Bugs are not bugs, they're beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle!

9/7/07 When threatened, the horned toad shoots blood from it's eyes.

9/6/07 Reports from owners of cats and dogs indicate that 21% of dogs and 7% of cats snore.

9/5/07 More than a million miles of Twizzlers candy is made every year!

8/31/07 The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called "chad."

8/30/07 The first orange trees were planted in St. Augustine, FL in 1565!

8/29/07 Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed.

8/28/07 32% of Americans eat lunch and work at the same time, 31% of employees skip lunch entirely.

8/27/07 The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia.

8/24/07 Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania.

8/23/07 According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love.

8/22/07 There is a doggy disco held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs.

8/21/07 Detroit, Michigan has more registered bowlers than any other city in the USA.

8/20/07 In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot.

8/17/07 A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.

8/16/07 Swimmers have a 1 in 11.5 million chance of being bitten by a shark!

8/15/07 In England during Queen Victoria's time, oranges were given as Christmas presents.

8/14/07 The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in London, which cost $1.6 million!

8/13/07 A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.

8/10/07 Women who drink more than 2 cups of coffee per day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis.

8/9/07 Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

8/8/07 There are over 1 million swimming pools in Florida, even though the ocean is 80 miles away at furthest!

8/7/07 Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie!

8/6/07 An octopus has three hearts— 3 times the heart break!

8/3/07 Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida.

8/2/07 Some farmers in Japan have learned to grow their watermelons into a square shape. They did this to conserve shelf space.

8/1/07 Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933.

7/31/07 The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.

7/30/07 People who've eaten beetles say they taste like apples!

7/26/07 Every day, over 5 billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in America!

7/25/07 Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.

7/24/07 The hair perm was invented in 1906 by Karl Ludwig Nessler of Germany.

7/23/07 Lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year in America.

7/20/07 The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington.

7/19/07 "Star Trek's" Captain James T. Kirk's middle name is Tiberius.

7/18/07 A human eyeball weighs 1 ounce.

7/17/07 Minimum wage was enacted in 1938 at 25 cents per hour!

7/16/07 The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee in 1867!

7/13/07 Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

7/12/07 In 1946, The New Yok Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane.

7/11/07 Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers!

7/10/07 The human heart beats roughly 35 million times a year!

7/9/07 The world's largest Hershey's Kiss weighs 30,540 lbs and stands 12 feet tall and 11 feet wide!

7/6/07 27% of female lottery winners hid the winning ticket in their bras!

7/5/07 The windiest place in the world is Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, USA. The highest wind speed recorded was 231 mph on 4/12/1934.

7/4/07 On July 4th, approximately 150 million hot dogs will be consumed!

7/3/07 The first toilet tank ever seen on television was on "Leave it to Beaver".

7/2/07 There are 3 golfballs sitting on the moon!

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