General interesting facts?

Question by Olchik™: General interesting facts?
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
# All swans in England are the property of the queen or king
# The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley’s gum.
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Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.
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A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.
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The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07.
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Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
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250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S
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You will weigh less if you weigh yourself when the moon is full
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Honeybees never sleep
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Carl Sagan was a pot smoker
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5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world’s prisons population are held in the US
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80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
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Horses can’t vomit and pigs can’t look up in the sky
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San Jose was the original capital of California
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Most lipstick have fish scales
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In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
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Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives
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Cats are the most popular pets in the United States
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The oldest dog died at the age of 29
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Tamiflu’s main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise
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Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin
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The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.
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Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)
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Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.
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The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.
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Earthworms have five hearts
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The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.
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Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides.
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Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
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Genetically-engineered babies were born first in 2001.
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If an Amish man has a beard, he is married.
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If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
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Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book “Historia de duobos amantibus” in 1444.
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SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below
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Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like “baby-talk in Portuguese”.
# As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
# Two phone books with their pages interlaced require more than 8000 pounds of pressure to separte.
# Urban birds have developed a short, fast “rap style” of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
# The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
# Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
# The Pope’s been known to wear red Prada shoes.
# Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.
# Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.
# Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
# In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
# Ghandi didn’t allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.
# Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
# As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet.
# More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
# The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
# Barbie’s full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
# Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

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