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The White House has a movie theater, swimming
pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis
court

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high
as 50 km into the atmosphere

The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name
from the custom of giving. Servants were given
boxes which had money hidden inside them from
their employers. The servants would have to
break the box into pieces to get the money

In the year 1900, for a woman to be a telephone
operator she had to be between the ages of 17
and 26 and not be married

Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be
created from red grapes
.
if you put grapes in a microwave, it will explode!

The accent that Mike Myers used for the
character Shrek came from the accent that his
mother would use when she was telling him
bedtime stories when he was a child

Medical research has found substances in
mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth

Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the
bricks that make up the Great Wall of China

The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of
Nuremberg in 1510.

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not
cause acne

A piece of French toast that was partially eaten
by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay

In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art

The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee
stings that would otherwise kill another animal

There are over one hundred billion galaxies with
each galaxy having billions of stars

Dumbest Dog: Afghan hound

Pepsi got its name from the ingredient pepsin,
which is said to aid in digestion, however, it is not known

On average, a person will spend about five years
eating during their lifetime

Prosopagnosia refers to the inability to identify
people by their faces. In severe cases of
prosopagnosia a person may not be able to
identify themselves in a mirror

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a
great king from history. Spades - King David,
Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts -
Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Many cancer patients that are treated with
chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the
hair grows back, it can grow back a different
colour, or be curly or straight

Ironically, watermelons, which are 92% water,
originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa

The Coca Cola company offers more than 300
different beverages

Neptune was the first planet in our solar system
to be discovered by mathematics

Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible

Studies have shown that by putting on slow
background music it can make a person eat food
at a slower rate

Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California
went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths
in the city dropped 18%

Octopus and squid are thought to be the most
intelligent of all invertebrates

The flatulation from domesticated cows produce
about 30% of the methane on this planet

When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire
colony, because no new workers are born

The Dutch people are known to be the tallest
people in Europe

Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15
minutes

The words "abstemioius," and "facetious" both
have all the five vowels in them in order