*Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
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*Captain Kangaroo won five Emmy awards.
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*27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential
hell."
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*In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when
patients would die.
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* Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from
each salad served in first class: $440,000
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* City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong
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* State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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* Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4
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* Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12
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* Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28
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* Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38
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* Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year:
44
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* City with the highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington
DC
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* Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman
if they had it to do all over again: 80
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* Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man:
50
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* Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or
separation: 58
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* Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85
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* Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes
cards: 105
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* Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
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* Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World:
70
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* Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
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* Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43
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* Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird
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* Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica
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* Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig
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* Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water
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* An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it
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* In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees
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* Polar bears are left-handed
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* Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
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* Eskimos never gamble
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* The youngest pope was 11 years old
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* Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school
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* Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses
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* Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36
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* Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner
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* Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined
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* The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
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* The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
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* They have square watermelons in Japan ... they stack better
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* Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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* The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
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* Armadillos can be housebroken; they are also the only mammals that
do not dream
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* A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on city
streets.
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*In Florida, it is illegal for single, divorced, or widowed women to
parachute on Sunday afternoons.
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*In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck
driver inside a toll booth.
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*A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called
master, not mister, when addressed by yhreir female counterparts.
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*An excerpt from brilliant Kentucky state legislation. "No female shall
appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be
escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club".
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*In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets
because "The privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of
a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American
male".
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*In Los Angeles, California, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife
with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches,
unless he has wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should
be given prior to event.
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*In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing
while standing in front of a man's picture.
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*An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from
having sex while standing in a store's walk-in meat freezer.
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*In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have
sex without a permit.
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*In the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with a
virgin under any circumstances. (including the wedding night)
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*Any couple making out inside a vehicle, and accidentally sounding the
horn during their lustful act, may be taken to jail according to a Liberty
Corner, New Jersey law.
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*In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset.
(There was a civil-service job-for men only-called a corset inspector.)
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*A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex with
a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the
woman's name will be published in the local newspaper. The man does not.
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*In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting
or fishing on your wedding day.
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*In Willowdale, Oregon no man may curse while having sex with his wife.
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* The phone book in Iceland is alphabetic ... by first name
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*The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard
Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
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