Camels' milk can't curdle
Most hamsters blink one eye at a time
It takes seven years for a lobster to grow 1 pound
No word in the English language rhymes with month
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old
Most common name in the world is Mohammed
Only one person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older
The name Wendy was made up for the book, Peter Pan
Uma Thurman doesn't have a innie or an outie bellybutton, but a 'stretch'
The guy in the Darth Vader suit didn't know that James Earl Jones was doing the voice until the screenplay.
It takes a half gallon of water to make macaroni and a gallon of water to clean the pot.
The original Ford vehicles had Dodge engines
A human has 60,000 miles of blood vessels in their body
Sumerians (from 5000 BC) thought that the liver made blood and the heart was the center of thought.
Queen Elizabeth was good friends with William Shakespeare
The most popular ice cream flavor is vanilla
The longest recorded lifespan of a camel was 35 years, 5 months
The longest recorded lifespan of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.
The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines
The average person over fifty will have spent 1 year looking for lost items.
Yasir Arafat is addicted to watching television cartoons
Augustus Ceaser had achluophobia -- the fear of sitting in the dark
Queen Elizabeth the First had anthophobia -- the fear of roses
Tonsurphobia is the fear of haircuts
Malcolm Lowry had pnigophobia -- the fear of choking on fish bones
Lee Harvey Oswald was dyslexic
78% of cats never travel with their owners
44% of hotels allow pets into the rooms
September 16-21 is Farm Animal Awareness week
November 29 is National Sinky day; a day to eat over one's sink and worship it
The toothbrush was invented in 1498
The term 'The Real McCoy' was coined in the 1880's
The term 'Rock N' Roll' was coined in 1951
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