Contrary to popular belief, only one alligator has ever been found in the New York City sewer system. The 125 pound (57 kilogram) alligator was pulled out by four boys way back in 1935.

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo

hemp is not pot! pot is a species of hemp plant.

Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the Niagara River.

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye

I'm up to 26 pieces of gum now...

The famous painting done by Leonardo Da Vinci that everyone calls the Mona Lisa is not really called that. Its real title is La Gioconda.

Clinophobia is the fear of beds

Marijuana was not illegal in the United States until October 1, 1937, when Congress passed the "Marijuana Tax Act". Total debate time on the House of Representatives floor concerning this issue: 90 seconds. This act did not actually ban the substance - it simply said that one could not sell marijuana without a license. Of course, Congress refused to issue any licenses. Congress finally banned marijuana outright in 1970.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Technically, no one has ever been found innocent of a crime, at least not in English-speaking countries. Rather, people are found not guilty.

Everyone knows that spinach is loaded in iron and makes you stronger - Just look what it has done for Popeye's career. Well, Popeye was wrong. So were all of those parents that stuffed it down their kids' throats. In reality, spinach has no more iron in it than any other vegetable. This spinach misconception dates back to the 1950's when a food analyst made an error while calculating the iron in spinach. His decimal place was off by one place, suggesting that spinach had ten times as much iron content than it really did.

No, you had to get a tax stamp to sell marajuana..and it was illegal to possess it without the stamp. However, to get a stamp you had to bring your weed in (without a stamp of course)...then you would be arrested for illegal possession (cause no stamp) and the weed was confiscated

Slugs have 4 noses

There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) that digests its own brain. When the sea squirt is mature it permanently attaches itself to a rock. At this point it does not need to move anymore and has no need for a brain.

A ducks quack does not echo.

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

I think I may be part sea squirt

In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs

An oyster can change it's sex a number of times during its life.

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