28 April 2012

1.1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S. 2.12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. 3.123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways.

4.315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled. 5.5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem.. 7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem 6.A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 7.The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. 8.The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello. 9.The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley. 10.The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed just an elephant from the Berlin Zoo. 11.The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old. 12.There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 13.There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 14.There are over 52.6 million dogs in the U.S. 15.There are more chickens than people in the world. 16.There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 17.There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of them are in the United States. 18.There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. There is a town in 19.Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. 20.Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. 21.To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly. 22.Two-thirds of the world's Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland. 23.Winston Churchill was born in a bathroom during a dance 24.You blink over 20,000,000 times a year 25.You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

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