- In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
- Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
- 'Kemo Sabe' means 'soggy shrub' in Navajo.
- In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
- Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI.
- Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.
- In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
- About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. (Who and how investigated this I wonder?)
- You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.
- An average person laughs about 5 times a day. (I am not average I reckon - more, less or not at all)
- Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
- Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
- Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (What about dogs, cats, birds ...?)
- The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night. (Hard to believe!)
- A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 mph. (What about from the nose?)
- The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
- The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. (Not mine??)
- A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee. (Can she make her own coffee?)
- The average bank teller loses about $250 every year. (Lost or misplaced I wonder)
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