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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.

Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.

People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.

A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.

Alaska has a sand desert with dunes over 100 feet high.

If it isn???t moving a frog can???t see it. If the frog can???t see it, he won???t eat it.

Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.

First-cousin marriages are legal in Utah, so long as both parties are 65 or older!

In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.

Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.

It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.

Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.

4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.

Is Global Warming Real? More than 19,000 U.S. Scientists have signed a petition stating that there is No convincing scientific evidence that humans can cause 'Global Warming'.

The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school.

Until 1990, the deadly poison mercury was used in about 30% of latex paints!

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.

68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!

Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.

The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!

All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator.

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were mispelled.

There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.

The right lung takes in more air than the left.

In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'

A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.

There are only 14 blimps in the world.

Flamingos pee on their legs to cool themselves off.

Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.

More than 400,000 U.S. houses still lack indoor plumbing.

None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)

There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Mothers pregnant with boys are less forgetful than those carrying girls!

Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow.

When you correct for weight differences, men are proportionately stronger than horses.