~ Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting,
~ There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world,
~ Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water,
~ "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language,
~ Non-dairy creamer is flammable,
~ About 1 out of 4 homeless people in South Korea own a credit card,
~ The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later,
~ Scorpions have 12 eyes,
~ Flamingos pee on their legs to keep warm,
~ An apple is more efficient than a cup of coffee for keeping people awake in the morning,
~ The bottom-half of your fingernails is called the air pocket, but scientists don't know why it's there,
~ The shortest word with all five vowels in alphabetical order is "aerious," meaning "airy",
~ The opposite sides of a die always add up to seven,
~ Jellyfish have no brains. They rely on nerve cells to help them see, smell, move, and eat,
~ No words in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple,
~ If you were to count continuously every moment of every day, it would take 31,688 years to count to one trillion,
~ Butterflies taste their food with their feet,
~ The slanted line that divides fractions (ex: 1/2) is called a "virgule",
~ "Dysania" is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning,
~ If you spell out every number starting with one, you won't use the letter "a" until you reach one thousand,
~ The gorilla's scientific name is 'Gorilla gorilla gorilla',
~ The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years,
~ No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times,
~ There are more kangaroos than people in Australia. The kangaroo population is estimated at 40 million,
~ When glass breaks it moves faster than 3,000 mph. To photograph this a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second,
~ Whispering is more wearing on your voice than speaking in a normal tone,
~ If MySpace was a country it would be the 5th largest country in the World,
~ A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second,
~ "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand, "lollipop" with your right,
~ At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them,
~ Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions,
~ It is physically impossible to urinate and give blood at the same time,
~ The average full length pencil has enough lead to draw a line 35 miles long,
~ Slugs have 4 noses,
~ The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle,
~ Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year,
~ If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white,
~ Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off,
~ It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland,
~ Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries,
~ A ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. They can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight,
and
~ Onions have no flavor, only a smell?
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