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20 Interesting Facts

  • 1. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

    2. About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

    3. An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.

    4. All polar bears are left-handed.

    5. After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

    6. Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick as one half inch.

    7. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

    8. Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

    9. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

    10. Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.

    11. Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.

    12. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.

    13. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

    14. An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.

    15. An eyelash lives about 5 months.

    16. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

    17. According to Hammurabi's Code, the penalty for medical malpractice was to cut off the doctor's hands.

    18. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.

    19. An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.

    20. An Octopus has 3 hearts!

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