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• Kayaking or paddling in polluted rivers can make you sick, even if you don't fall in. • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. • If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. • Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. • Pacing yourself with your finger allows you to read faster. • Rhythm and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels. • The word "racecar," "kayak," and "radar" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. • The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. • Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry. • Adrenaline gives you super strength. With the proper response in certain situations, you really can lift a car. • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. • Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards. • The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007. • Toto was paid $125 per week while filming the "Wizard of Oz". • If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together. • The Bible has been translated into Klingon. • The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. • There is a Starbucks in Myungdong, South Korea that is five stories tall. • The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. • "LEGO is the world's No. 1 tire manufacturer." They produce 306 million tiny tires a year. • In medieval times, thunderstorms were believed by some to be the work of demons. So when it stormed, bell ringers would go up into the bell towers to ring the consecrated bells in an effort to stop the storm. This practice didn't always work out well for the bell ringer. • On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. • More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines. • Ancient Egyptians took up to 70 days to make a mummy. • Babies always have blue eyes when they are born. • Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue! • Did you know that the last name in the Toronto phone book is Zzyzzer. • 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the first 10 moves in a game of chess! • There's a phobia called Anablephobia: Fear of looking up. • Right handed people live around nine years longer than left handed people!
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| Fact Snapshot: Rhythm and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels . | |
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