Some Facts Around The Globe

• The youngest pope was 11 years old. 
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• Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school. 
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• Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses. 
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• Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. 
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• They have square watermelons in Japan - they stack better. 
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• Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation. 
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• Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year. 
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• It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. 
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• Armadillos can be housebroken. 
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• The first Fords had engines made by Dodge. 
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• A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night. 
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• Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite. 
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• Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. 
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• A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside. 
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• A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove. 
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• A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. 
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• Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee. 
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• The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code. 
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• Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. 
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• The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. 
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• One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. 
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• The average American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year. 
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• Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows. 
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• The State of Florida is bigger than England. 
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• Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. 
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• Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. 
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• During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food. That's the weight of about 6 elephants. 
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• Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food. 
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• The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old. 
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• In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow. 
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• About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. 
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• More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. 
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• Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe. 
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• In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons. 
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• Slugs have 4 noses. 
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• Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours. 
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• Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. 
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• Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.