| A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. |
| A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. |
| All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. |
| Almonds are a member of the peach family. |
| February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. |
| On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. |
| Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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| Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. |
| The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. |
| The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. |
| The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. |
| There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. |
| There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. |
| TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. |
| Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. |
| Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. |
| No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. |
| 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. |
| More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. |
| Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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| The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. |
| The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. |
| The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. |
| A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. |
| Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. |
| The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. |
| Pearls melt in vinegar. |
| On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year. |
| Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. |
| TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. |
| If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. |
| The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. |
| Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. |
| When you flush a toilet in the Southern Hemisphere the toilet water drains clockwise. Counter Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. |
