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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
James Buchanan, the only unmarried president, had the neatest handwriting. Coincidence?
Americans 35-44 make up 55% of the population who does volunteer work.
The first letters of the months July through November, in order, spell the name JASON.
An ant can lift 50 time its own weight, which is equivalent to a human being pulling a 10-ton trailer.
Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
A tornado touched down in Kansas the day Judy Garland died.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.
You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.
In the Lincoln Memorial, on the seated statue of Lincoln sitting, each hand forms a letter in the American Sign Language. They form Abe's initials, A and L.
The ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 during a severe storm on Lake Superior.
The world's first television weather chart was broadcast in Britain on November 11, 1936.
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
85% of all men who die of heart attacks while having sex are cheating on their wives at the time.
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Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. The world's rarest gem is Painite. Only three crystals have ever been found. The average woman is three times more sensitive than the average man to noises while sleeping. Norfolk County, Massachusetts, is the birthplace of three United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John F. Kennedy. Crayola has renamed only three crayon colors in its corporate history. In 1958, Prussian Blue was renamed Midnight Blue because children could no longer relate to Prussian history, according to teachers. In 1962, Flesh was renamed Peach to recognize that not everyone's skin is the same shade. In 1999, Indian Red was renamed to Chestnut after a public contest that drew over 100,000 entries. Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at the assassinations of three presidents: his father's, President Garfield's, and President McKinley's. Every three seconds, an area of the South American rain forest the size of a football field is cut down. |
The first episode of Joanie Loves Chachi was the highest rated American TV program on Korean television. Not coincidentally, 'Chachi' is Korean for penis.
Bills in denominations of $500 and up were last printed in 1969.
A female orgasm is a powerful painkiller (because of the release of endorphins), so headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.
It is illegal to swim in Central Park.
Americans consume more than 353 million pounds of turkey during National Turkey Lovers' Month (June). By comparison, more than 675 million pounds of turkey will be consumed at Thanksgiving.
If you start the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' when the MGM lion roars turn the volume down on the TV and also start the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon CD, the music coincides with what is going on in the movie.
The most common invention of the 19th century was the washing machine. Between 1804 and 1873, at least 1676 patents were issued by the United States Patent Office for various forms of this device.
Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands on the typewriter.
Former Formula One driver Jackie Stewart, who won three motor racing world championships, was also a five-time British clay pigeon shooter champion.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
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