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Cystic Fibrosis (a terminal disease of the lungs and G.I. system) is the number one genetic killer of children. The child inherits this disease from both parents, each of whom must be carriers of the CF gene.
American troops in Vietnam were trained to track down VC soldiers for days, just by smell. The ancient French cheese, Mariolles, was so pungent that heat waves eminated from it. France eats the most cheese, per capita, than any other country in the world. It has 216 different varieties of cheese. The coldest place in our solar system is not Pluto, it's Triton, one of Neptune's moons. Tickling was outlawed in some ancient middle eastern countries because it was thought to be an aphrodesiac. In McDonalds Restaurants that do not yet make all food when you order, the burgers are Q-ed (basically microwaved). The mustard has to be put on the crown first to keep the sugar in the bun from scorching in the microwave. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederacy) were both born in Kentucky, and both had in-laws fighting on the other side during the civil war. Most people with 'blonde' hair, don't really have blonde hair! They have yellow! Blonde hair is actually hair that is white. Did you know that President Coolidge was the only president born on the Fourth of July? Did you know that President Truman was first told about the A-bomb only half an hour after he became president? In Australia, McDonalds have 3 cafes called McCafe, which serve coffee and other cafe foods. An average cheeseburger from McDonalds does not disintegrate for at least than 4 months! (It could perhaps last longer) The queen of england has a diamond toilet seat with a marble base The Grandaddy Longleg is actually the most poisonous spider in the United States, but its mouth is too small to bite a human. Smithers from The Simpsons is gay. Sun Conures (a type of bird) can be taught to talk. I have one and it talks as plain as a human being. Usually they do not talk and the breeder I received this bird from had never heard of one talking in all the time she has been raising and selling these beautiful little creatures. Want to know why there are lids on steins for beer? The answer is rather simple. They were invented in Medieval times to keep flies from getting in your beer. Vampire bats need their daily blood. If they don't get the required blood, they will die. Hangman's nooses have 13 loops. Anything less isn't considered proper (according to an executioner). Texas was actually ruled under six flags (Mexico, France, Spain, Lone Star Flag, The Confederate flag, and the flag we have today) Not all dogs eyes appear green when reflecting light in the dark...Golden Retrievers, for instance, reflect orange. Colorado produces more beer than any other state. Cats always go to the person who like them least because there is no eye contact made with them. It makes them feel less threathened and renders the person more approachable. If a hippo was to bite your leg, the hole would be big enough to pass a beer bottle through You are safe in a car during a lightning strike because the vehicle's body acts like a Faraday cage and the electricity runs over the bodywork instead of through it to the interior of the car. Did you know that car insurance cost more for men than women? Did you know that pound for pound a hamburger cost more than a brand new car? Hydrophobia (fear of water) is the only phobia that has mental and physical effects. Hydrophobia is also known as 'rabies', and it attacks the central nervous system. For some reason or other, Jim Carrey, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in The Truman Show, will not be nominated for best actor at the Oscars. Honey is the only edible food for humans that will never go bad! A corvette can accelerate from 0 to 100 miles an hour in about 13 seconds. A fuel funny car takes 0.8 seconds The pentagon uses, on average, about 666 rolls of toilet paper every day. Mustard gas was used for the first time as a weapon in Ieper (Ypres) in Belgium in WW1. It is for this reason that Flemish mustard gas is also known as 'Yperiet'. Michigan is sinking into the Great Lakes, as it has been for the past 500 million years, at the rate of one millimeter per year. Light can travel around the earth at it's equator 7 1/2 times in 1 second. Today (March 2) is Texas Independence Day. In Knight Rider: The Movie - good old Michael knight played by the evergreen German pop sensation David Hasselhoff gets shot in the shoulder towards the end of the film. Maybe David has some serious wound shifting powers that transfers the wound from one shoulder to the other! Although baby elephants are often called calves, they are properly referred to as 'punks'. The only Axis nation the U.S. did not declare war on was Finland. Kaiser Wilhelm spent WWII in Holland chopping wood while Nazi troops protected his estate. Hitler even provided him with current maps of the war effort. Finland was the only country to repay its war reparations after World War I. The most common first letter for a world capital is 'B'. For example Berlin, Brussels, Beijing, Belgrade, Bangkok, Bujumbura, Brasilia, etc. The largest painting is NOT the 70 odd thousand square foot smiley face in Vegas (although it sounds cool), but is a 100,000 foot plus painting by Jim Wyland. What was the mask of the Lone Ranger made from? The vest of his dead brother. 37% of all women prefer shoe shopping to sex [Editor's note: From a shoe advertisement, so it MUST be accurate :)] The T in James T. Kirk (Star Trek Captain Kirk) stands for Tiberius If you were talking about a sheep's uppercut and lowercut, you would be talking about its jaw. A ewe drinks 1 1/2 gallons of water a day. A ewe reaches puberty at 9 months of age and 100 pounds Female mosquitos suck blood because they need the proteins in red blood to develop the fertilized eggs they're carrying. The word 'lesbian' originates from an ancient female writer from the island of Lesbos who wrote poems to, for, and about young women. Cinderella's real name was Ella Tremaine. In Israel, except in the same bathroom no two urinals or toilets are the same [Editor's note: Any reason why?] Elvis sang five Beatle composed songs: Something, Lady Madonna, Get Back, Hey Jude, and Let It Be. Mistletoe and poinsettias are poisonous. Canadian geese mate for life. The deepest point in the deepest ocean is the Marianas Trench in the Pacific with a depth of 35,837 feet according to a recent hydrographic survey, although a depth of 35,814 was recorded by Jacques Piccard and Donald Walsh in the 58 feet long bathyscaphe Trieste 2 during their decent. This is close to seven miles down, 29 times the height of the Empire State Building. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French to the American people to honor the 1876 centennial celebration. It's exterior designer was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, and took 9 years to construct. Female Adelie penguins prostitute themselves as a means of collecting valuable stones that they use to help protect their nests. Elephants and humans are the only animals to stand on their head. The candlefish is so saturated with oil, that native americans once burned them for fuel. In America in 1977, the punishment for smuggling marijiuana was 15 years less than the punishment for smuggling coffee. The smallest monkey is about the size of you index finger! Generally, a dog's mouth has fewer germs and bacteria than a human's mouth. The heaviest dog on record is an Old English Mastiff named Zorba, who weighed 343 pounds and measured 8 feet and 3 in. from nose to tail. Bert Campanaris is the only player in major league history to hit home runs in each of his first two at bats. It takes 3 months to make one episode of the Simpsons Egyptians once worshipped cats. They even made them small pyramids (wich only took about 6 months to build) to bury them in. Dogs, and other animals were just buried with their owner, or were sacrificed. The record for the most pies ever consumed in a single sitting was made by an American,Frank Giblet,on a holiday in Germany. He ate 631 meat pies,each with a diameter of approx 2'.After this he was admitted to a local hospital where he had a minor cardiac arrest. Although Shakespeare may have been among the first to find a wide audience for the word assassination, he did not coin the term. Even Dante used the term in refering to a murderer in the 19th canto of the Inferno - 'lo perfido assassin'. The popular use of the term in the west came from the infamous name of an Ismaili sect in the mideast that used political murder as its primary method to promote the Shi'ite resurgance in the 1100's. Sperm swims at an average rate of one tenth of an inch per minute. Confirming previous entry on 'Mongolian spot'. Not only does the small, 'black and blue' mark appear on Korean babies, it can also be found on some African American, Native American, Asian (including South Asians), and Southern European babies. The State of Michigan sprawling along four of the five Great Lakes, has a shoreline of 3100 miles long, which is longer than the entire eastern seaboard from Maine to the tip of Florida. The state also has more than 11000 inland lakes and 36000 miles of rivers and streams. Farmers never store apples in the same area as potatoes. Ripe apples give off ethylene gas which causes the potatoes to sprout. A rotting apple enclosed with a plant can often induce flowering. Cats do not hear 10 times louder than humans, but 10 times farther away. Most cats are attracted to mint (mint tea, toothpaste, etc...). The only logical explanation is that catnip comes from the mint family. The fastest restaurant in the world serves the client´s food within 13 seconds after the order is made (in tables of four). The name of the restaurant is Karne Garibaldi and is located in the beautiful city of Guadalajara in Mexico. Crayons are the 18th most recognizable scent to Americans. Crayola rocks! When reading horizontally from Shakespeare's original published copy of Hamlet, the furthest left hand side reads 'I am a homosexual' in the last 14 lines of the book. Was this a message, or just a coincidence? Elephants mourn the death of other elephants, often gathering the remains (bones) and depositing them in one area. Black widow spiders are so called because they eat their mates; they have been known to eat as many as 25 mates a day! All the sturgeon (the fish from which we get yummy caviar) caught in British waters are property of the Queen. The pyramids in Egypt were actually built 4 miles away from where they are currently today due to the shifting plate boundaries. Among the debris the astronauts have left on the moon are a number of golf balls. No, In Aladdin, the man does NOT say 'Good Teenagers, Take off your clothes.' Instead, he clearly says, 'Good Kitty. Now Take off and GO!' He is speaking to the tiger. The Hindenberg crash was not caused by a hydrogen explosion, but rather by the paint being ignited by lightning. They had unknowingly painted it with a highly flammable compound. Capital of Portugal: Lisbon When you accidently run over an 11-foot alligator in the rain while driving your car at night it's like hitting a railroad tie. The critter scurried away as if nothing happened leaving significant damage to my steering mechanism. Sheep are called ruminants because thay have more than one stomach. This means that they can digest grains that say, a dog couldn't. Korean and Mongolian babies are born with a blue spot on their lower backs. It disappears after a couple of years. [Editor's note: hrm. can anyone verify this?] Leontina Albina of San Antonio,Chile, gave birth to her 55th child in 1981, making her the world's most prolific mother. 1 out of every 6 U.S. Presidents have been left-handed. Harry Truman was left handed, but his parents made him write with his right hand. James Garfield could write with both hands at the same time. In one hand he wrote Greek and in the other, Latin! If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow. The animal that can last the longest without drinking water is the Rat. In 1964, Sandy Koufax, Elston Howard, Jimmy Brown, Oscar Robertson and Cookie Gilchrist were all voted Most Valuable Players from their respective leagues. Each of them wore the number 32! The world record for most people kissing at the same time and same place (building) was set in Sarnia, Ontario last Valentine's Day (1999). The number of people was around 1600+. Pigs can't sweat, so they wallow in the mud to stay cool. Every day, an average of 40 people will get hurt on a trampoline. Mistletoe and poinsettias are both poisonous.
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