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A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each
salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson
Clinton.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's
nuclear weapons combined.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including
their eyebrows and eyelashes.
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would
stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.