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=>>Molecularly
speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
=>>The term "bank teller" originated in the wake of the 1929
stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to
"tell" throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.
=>>The brand name "Jelly Belly" was created in 1982 after Nancy
Reagan made a much-publicized quip about her husband's 20-pound
weight gain.
=>>The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who
claim breast implants as tax deductions.
=>.Scandinavian berserkers used to cut out their eyes before
battle to spare themselves the sight of the carnage they
invariably wrought.
=>>Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar
weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've
been removed.
=>>Comic duo Cheech and Chong were originally known as Spic and
Span before changing due to pressure from Chicano organizations.
=>>The city of Slaughter, Texas (population: 11,284), has never
had a homicide occur within its boundaries.
=>.Rubbing Tabasco on one's upper lip before bedtime is an
effective temporary cure for sleep apnea.
=>>British pop singer Baby Spice is the
great-great-great-great-great-great-grandniece of Archduke
William Pinkley-Hogue of Standishfordshire, making her 103rd in
line for the throne of England.
=>>The curved shape of a hockey stick is a throwback to
prehistoric use of mastodon tusks in a similar game.
=>>A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps
left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the
area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
=>>Fish have "dandruff" caused by flaking skin, and it is
impossible to filter all traces of it from drinking water.
=>>Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
=>>The first case of the common cold was diagnosed in 1611 in
Stratford, England. The patient? John Common, who coincidentally
gave his cold to William Shakespeare who said the new malady
exacerbated his lovesickness, thereby inspiring several of his
most fondly remembered sonnets.
=>>"Hello Kitty" began as part of a covert propaganda campaign
originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.
=>>When in heat, female hippopotami secrete an oil with a flavor
similar to strawberries. Kalahari bushmen use the oil to make
flat-bread treats for children.
=>>If an average human scrotum were stretched until all its
wrinkles were smoothed out, it could hold a basketball.
=>>Ingesting small doses of ink over an extended period of time
will change your eye color slightly.
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