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100 totally useless (but certainly interesting and weird) facts

1. In Alaska, there is a law still on the books that states it is illegal to look at a moose from an airplane.

2. A snail can sleep for three years.

3. In Hawii, it is against the law for a person to insert pennies in his own or someone else's ear.

4.A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

5. Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the death of her parents.

6. Gidget is the real name of the Taco Bell Dog.

7. The biggest frog in the world is called the Goliath frog.

8. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have ten.

9. Butterflies taste with their feet.

10. Florida is larger than England.

11. Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual cramps by having her doctor supply her with marijuana.

12.The only product to be promoted by Elvis Presley was donuts. The commercial was for Southern Made Donuts and aired in 1954.

13. In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

15. Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

16. Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

17. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

18. The umbrella originated in Mesopotamia in 1400 B.C. It was used for shade. The word umbrella is derived from the Latin word for a shade, umbra.

19. In 1980, workers in a Las Vegas hospital were suspended because they were betting on when patients would die.

20. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

21. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

22. In ancient China, doctors could receive fees only if their patient was cured. If it deteriorated, they would have to pay the patient.

23. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest.

24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

25. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

26. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

27. It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!

28. August has the highest percent of births.

29. If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any

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