Intriguing Facts

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~The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. ~Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason. ~An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain. ~Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. ~The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. ~A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. ~Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds. ~A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 6 years. ~A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. ~Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. ~America once issued a 5-cent bill. ~America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men. ~An average person laughs about 15 times a day. ~Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under is cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings. ~Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. ~ Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded. ~In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die. ~One in every 4 americans has appeared on television. ~Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. ~The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night. ~There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. ~Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. ~Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.