Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly. Reindeer like to eat bananas. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together." Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. 1. Coca-cola was originally green. 2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury. 3. Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever. 4. Dumbest dog: Afghan 5. Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. 6. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. 7. Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2 8. Amount American Airlines saved in '87 by taking out 1 olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000 9. City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong 10. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska 11. Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4 12. Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12 13. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% 14. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% 15. Estimated % of American adults who go on diet each year: 44% 16. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33 17. Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7 18. Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36% 19. Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43% 20. City with highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC 21. Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80% 22. Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50% 23. Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58% 24. Percentage of women who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 85% 25. Number of different family relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105 26. Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 27. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 28. Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70% 29. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches 30. Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3 31. Portion of potatoes sold that are French fried: 1/3 32. Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonald's each day: 7 33. Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90% 34. Percentage of mammal species that are: 3% 35. Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50% 36. Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5 37. Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7 38. Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3 39. Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon 40. Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt 41. Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage" 42. Only President awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals 43. Only food that does not spoil: honey 44. Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question: Dr. Joyce Brothers (subject is boxing) 45. Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird 46. Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica 47. Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig 48. Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water. 49. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. 50. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. 51. Polar bears are left-handed. 52. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 53. Eskimos never gamble. 54. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. 55. The youngest pope was 11 years old. 56. Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school. 57. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses. 58. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. 59. Your nose and ears never stop growing. 60. Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined. 61. Hot water is heavier than cold. 62. The parachute was invented by da Vinci in 1515. 63. They have square watermelons in Japan. They stack better. 64. Cream does not weigh as much as milk. 65. Starfish have eight eyes-one at the end of each leg. 66. Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation. 67. First novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer." 68. There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year. 69. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year. 70. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. 71. Men get hiccups more often than women. Armadillos can be housebroken.
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