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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
The stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
A raisin dropped into a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Charlton Heston's wearing a watch).
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Oscars awarded during World War II were made of wood because metal was scarce.
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than a thumb.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than can be gained by eating it.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep your eyes from watering.
Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing.
The glue on an Israeli postage stamp is certified kosher.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because breaking wind in a spacesuit damages it.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
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Read also previous issue' articles:
The $5,000 Loan
Last Words
Pyrohies
Home Improvement
Too many Questions
Family Business
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