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1.The pilgrims painted their houses with milk and used berries for coloring.

2.If you cut a starfish into pieces, each piece will develop into another starfish.

3.There is a type of fish that has one male in the school. When the Alpha Male leaves, a female fish will become a male to take its place.

4.Gamblers invented the sandwich and the sushi roll because they refused to stop playing and eat.

5.A nickel weighs exactly 5 grams.

6.Most dogs do not have fur, only hair.

7.Daddy-long-leg spiders are poisonous. They just don't have the strength for a penetrating bite.

8.One pound of hair has more nitrogen than 150 pounds of manure.

9.Calcium and minerals made of ground seashells are useless for our bodies cannot breakdown and absorb this substance.

10.Lettuce will turn brown on the edges if you use a knife to cut it.

11.Onions and potatoes last longer stored in a cabinet and not in the refrigerator.

12.Women used to pinch their cheeks to make them rosy.

13.Tomatoes used to be only for ornamental purposes, not for food.

14.If you cut the head off a cockroach it will live for two weeks until it starves to death.

15.Parrots live over 100 years.

16.A seahorse is so passive it will starve if it has to compete with other fish for food.

17.Coca-cola would be green if coloring was not added.

18.The "whole nine yards" came from soldiers ordered to shoot the entire band of bullets for their machine guns. The bands were nine yards long.

19.Super glue was invented to "patch" soldiers together enabling them to be transported from the MASH units to hospitals behind the fighting lines.

20.Dogs circle before they lay down because their wild ancestors did this to mat down an area in tall grass.

21.Dogs shake their heads side to side when playing with a toy because that is an instinctive reaction intended to break their prey's neck.

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