Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system.
You can get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.
Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
Octopus have three hearts.
A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.
On every continent there is a city called Rome.
There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK.
Barbie was introduced at the New York Toy Fair on 9 March 1959; her real name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
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