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1. The average waiting time until we fall asleep is seven minutes.
2. The CDs were designed to receive 74 minutes of music because that is the length of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
3. Before 1800, the shoes for left and right foot were equal.
4. The lighter was invented before matches.
5. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
6. Throughout our lives, and during the night, each man eats an average of 8 spiders.
7. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he was not wearing pants.
8. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
9. China has more prevalent that in the United States.
10. Did you know you share your birthday with at least another 9 million people in the world?
11. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
12. Only one in two billion people reaches or exceeds 116 years old.
13. The peanut is one of the ingredients of dynamite.
14. On average, the left hand does 56% of the work for typing.
15. In the world there are more chickens than people.
16. Mosquito repellents do not repel. You hide. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they do not know you're there.
17. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
18. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
19. Burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
20. The oak does not produce acorns until they are 50 years or more.
21. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
22. The distance of the Boeing 747 Jumbo wings is longer than the first flight of the Wright brothers' plane.
23. You can make a cow up the stairs, but not lower it.
24. On average, 100 people drown every year with our pens.
25. It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow.
26. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
27. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
28. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history that had no full moon.
29. Cat urine glows in the light of a blacklight lamp.
30. If you scream for eight years, seven months and six days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
31. If you fart consistently tirases for six years and nine months, would produce enough gas to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
32. A dragonfly lives about 24 hours.
33. The memory of a goldfish is three seconds.
34. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
35. Oz's name, used in "The Wizard of Oz" it occurred to the author Frank Baum looked at his office when the second volume of his encyclopedia, AN and OZ.
36. An official golf ball has 336 holes.
37. The easiest way to differentiate a carnivorous animal is an herbivore through their eyes. Carnivores (dogs, lions) are at the front of the head, which helps them locate their food. Herbivores have them on the sides of the same (birds, rabbits), which helps them detect the approach of a potential predator.
38. A person blinks about 25 thousand times per week.
39. The stronger material created by nature is the spider web.
40. 15% of American women are sent flowers to themselves on the day of love.
41. Shakespeare's daughter was illiterate.
42. Einstein was never a good student and did not even speak well at age 9, his parents thought he was mentally retarded

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