A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
Most lipstick contains fish scales
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia
Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word "not" out of the seventh commandment, which then read, "Thou shalt commit adultery."
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise]
Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world
Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse
In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries
Crayola is a French word that means "Oily chalk."
Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament
The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle
A leech has 32 brains
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose
Im tired now, so, thats all you get. :P
-K
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