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1. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are at least fifty years old.
2. Of all known forms of animal’s life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
3. Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.
4. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
5. Of the 206 bones in the human body, 52 are in the feet.
6. Of the 25 highest mountains on earth, 19 are in the Himalayas.
7. Of the Top 10 grossing movies of the 1980s, seven were either produced or directed by Stephen Spielberg or George Lucas. They also represent the men behind the top three grossing films of the 1970s.
8. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
9. Officially, the term "boulder" is applied only to stones larger than 10 inches in diameter.
10. Okay, ketchup actually began in Thailand. There it was labeled "Kachiap".
11. Olympic badminton rules say that the bird has to have exactly fourteen feathers.
12. Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.
13. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
14. On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.
15. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
16. On April 12, 1938, the state of New York passed a law requiring medical tests for marriage license applicants, the first state to do so.
17. On April 25, 1889, The Kansas Times and Star was the first newspaper to use the phrase "bestseller." On that day the newspaper listed six books as the "best sellers here last week."
18. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
19. On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
20. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
21. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
22. On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
23. On average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament.
24. On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female.
25. On average, adults watch double the amount of TV as teenagers do.
26. On average, Americans consume eighteen acres of pizza daily
27. On average, cows poop 16 times a day.
28. On average, every American consumes 109 pounds of beef a year. It takes eight pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef.
29. On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.
30. On average, every person in the United States owns 2.1 radios.
31. On average, more people fear spiders than death.
32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
33. On average, people fear spiders more than they do dying. However, statistically you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by the bite of a poisonous spider.
34. On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
35. On average, right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-handed counterparts.
36. On average, twelve newborns are given to the wrong parents each day.
37. On average, we lose 11 oz. of weight while we are asleep at night.
38. On average, we spend 6 months of our lives waiting for red lights.
39. On average, when asked for a color, 3 out of 5 people will say red.
40. On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.
41. On its trip around the sun, the earth travels over a million and a half miles per day.
42. On record, the largest iceberg ever, was larger than the country of Belgium.
43. Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.
44. One – quarter of the world’s cattle live in India.
45. One 75-watt light bulb gives off more light than three 25-watt light bulbs.
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