*. The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!
*. Cat urine glows under a black-light!
*. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
*. The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
*. Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
*. A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!
*. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!
*. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!
*. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
*. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
*. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone!
*. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
*. Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny!!
*. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee!
*. The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion metric tons)!
*. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
*. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
*. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
*. It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
*. One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
*. The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
*. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska!
*. You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
*. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
*. Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
*. The state of Florida is bigger than England!
*. There are more than one million animal species on Earth!
*. In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
*. It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!
*. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
*. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!

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