1. •Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum! 
   

2. •Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.  
   

3. •A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. 
   

4. •Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been struck by lighting. 
   

5. •25% of a human's bones are in its feet. 
   

6. •The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. 
   

7. •In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.  
   

8. •Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels. 
   

9. •The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 
   

10. •Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
    

11. •The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. 
    

12. •Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.
    

13. •Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.  
    

14. •In the latter part of the 18th century, Prussian surgeons treated stutterers by snipping off portions of their tongues. 
    

15. •There are 2 credit cards for every person in the United States. 
    

16. •In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter"! 
    

17. •On average people fear spiders more than death.  
    

18. •The United States has more airports than any other nation (there are over 14,800). 
    

19. •No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. 
    

20. •A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 
    

21. •The town of Kennesaw, Georgia has required its citizens to own a firearm and ammunition since 1982. 
    

22. •In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 
    

23. •It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.  
    

24. •The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. 
    

25. •A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.  
    

26. •The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.  
    

27. •In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
    

28. •Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
    

29. •In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.  
    

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