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A piece of pure gold the size of a matchbook can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

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Lipstick

In the course of a lifetime a woman will eat up to nine pounds of lipstick.

The majority of humans cannot lick their own elbow. Pick an elbow, I bet you can't lick it!

Windshield wipers were actually invented by a woman named Mary Anderson

In the 1830's ketchup was sold as a medicinal product.

By the age of 70 the average person has been eating for 3-5 years during their lifetime.

Each day about 8,000 small earthquakes occur around the globe.

A month that begins on a sunday will always have a friday the 13th!

A shrimps heart is in it's head!

Pearls melt in Vinegar!

Termites outweigh the humans ten to one...

The emu can not walk backwards.

Antarctica doubles in size during the winter.

A leech has 32 brains.

Tom Sawyer the book was the first novel written on a typewriter.