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[quote][size=2]USELESS FACTs

1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The "57â€³ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.[:0]

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.

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8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

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12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.[B)]

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaph obia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number. [xx(]

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

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17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A "2 by 4â€³ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.[xx(][/size=3][/size=2]

Edited by: raushan on Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:14 AM[/quote]

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