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The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.
In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple
and silver.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2
killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
[Edited on 03.12.2008 2:02 PM PDT]