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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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The word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same whether they are read
left to right or right to left.

"a man a plan a canal panama" spelled backwards is still "a man a plan a
canal panama"

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood
donors.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

"I am."   is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.  She would
stand seven feet, two inches tall.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would
never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including
their eyebrows and eyelashes.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, but dogs only have about ten.

No word in the English language rhymes with "month".

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon
of diesel that it burns.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

All polar bears are left handed.

The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row of the keyboard.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous
spider.

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