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Cool Facts

Everyday last year my history teacher put a fact on the board I have written some of the cool ones down.I will be adding more when I can find more! = )

1. The only mammal that can't jump is the elephant.

2. You will eat 35,000 cookies in a life time!

3. Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!(Maybe that's why he invented it)

4. The state of Florida is bigger than England.(that's scary)

5. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

6. A crocodiles jaw can be held shut with the palm of one hand!(but I wouldn't recomend you putting your hand in one's mouth!)

7. There are 58 million dogs in the United States.(awww I love dogs hehe)

8. More people are killed each year by jelly fish then they are by sharks!!

9.The Venom from one king cobra can kill 100 people! Who knew?!?!?

10.Every 30 seconds a new traffic light is put up!

11.Mexico city sinks about 10 inces every year!

12.Yo-yo's were used as weapons in the Phillipeans! (haha Let's see if it works on my brother)

13.When beethoven sat down to write songs, he poured ice-cold water over his head.

14.Barbie's full name is Barbra Millicent Roberts.

15. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

16. All 50 states can be found printed on the 5 dollar bill!!

17. There are more Plastic Flamingo's in the us then real ones!(wow that's wierd!)

18.We swallow on average 8 spiders per year while we are sleeping (ewwwww!!!!! I hate spiders)

19.Fingernails grow 4x faster than toenails!

20.The Average person spends 2 years on the phone!!( for me I am sure like 10 years! lol)

21. Americans on average eats 18 acers of pizza!

22.More monopoly money is printed each year than real money(now what does that say bout us? hmm)

23.Teenagers spend 35-55 hours a week in front of the tv!(wow, i don't spend that much)

24.The average Rock concert reaches 120 decibels..that's loud enough to cause hearing damage in minutes.

25.Most tennis injuries happen after the game-when the winner tries to jump over the net. (now that's just stupid, hahaha)

26. You can sweat as much as 3 gallons per day. (eww that's why people take showers, nasty)

27.If Barbie were a real woman, she would have a 42-inch bust as well as two missing ribs to get her 18-inch waist.

28.Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name requested is Obsession.

29.Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

30.There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

31.An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

32.A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

33.Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.

34.The average person laughs 15 times a day.

35.You blink about 84,000,000 times a year.

36.The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.(not if u smoke put like tessa haha)

37.It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

38. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

39.1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.(I have! hehe)

40.The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

41. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer. (hah that tells ya something doesn't it?)

42.The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald's. (lol that's funny)

43.One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.

44.The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. (ewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! I hope that's not true, I love chocolate ewww lol)

45.It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.(i bet .5% of them live in my town)

46.Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (and how the hell did they figure that out?)

47.13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them. (ooooookkkkkkkaayyyyy then!)

48.Papaphobia is the fear of Popes. (haha no comment!)

49.California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."

50.There is a town in Texas called "Ding Dong."

51. There is at least one ant in every jar of peanut butter (thanx russ!!)


Got anymore to add?!?! hehe