1. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
2. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
3. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
4. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building, it has about 30% less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
5. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
6. 'Stewardesses' is the longest work that is typed with only the left hand.
7. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, puch your thumbs into its eyeballs, it will let you go instantly ... please don't try this at home.
8. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
9. If a statute in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in theair, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. (I have no idea what it means if all of four legs are in the air).
10. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
11. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
12. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
14. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
17. Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
18. James Cagney never said "You dirty rat."
19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
20. A 'Jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
21. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
22. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
23. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
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