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snazzy777
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If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

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Omegalv
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A parrot was once called to the stand in a murder trial.

zingzong70
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we iz in rescession

Svyat57
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lool

Snakebite
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Really zingzong? I didn't know that. (No, really, I didn't)

Did you know rabbits aren't rodents? And can anyone tell me what they are?

waluigi
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1. Pac-man was originally to be called &quotucker-man". Changed for obvious reasons.

2. Queen's guitarist Brian May has a degree in astrophysics.

3. pez dispensers were originally made as a way to stop smoking.

4. Calvin Coolidge could eat his own weight in cocktail weinies

overphil
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i have a friend who's legal name is " Vincent Blade Astro Flame Baker"

destinydude
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More money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury.

crazydumdum
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Chuck Norris counted to infiniti. twice!

Ernie15
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This post makes me a top 5 user.

peaceman1
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We lose 1000 skin cells per minute and im wearing boxers

waluigi
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Trees have a hormone that can cause a person to commit suicide. However, there has to be almost no o-zone and the sun is shining directly on it.

groundhogs can get drunk off of mulberries.

mcdonaldjord
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wow neat random facts heres one family guy and the cleaveland show ar made by the same ppl

the_manta
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family guy and the cleaveland show ar made by the same ppl


Really? I never would have guessed. Seriously.

:P

Tea is known to prevent coronary heart disease.

Giraffes can't bend their legs, or else they will be crushed.
Ernie15
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family guy and the cleaveland show ar made by the same ppl


Family Guy was created by Seth McFarlane. The Cleveland Show was created by Rachel McFarlane and Mike Henry, who is also the voice of Cleveland. I wouldn't call what you said a "fact".
firetail_madness
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Ernie, when you told me you don't earn "much" AP and wanted to be a mod, I didn't think you were thinking this...

Anyways, hmmm...
2-3 people die each second in the world.

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