Topic: dumb facts
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Wed 01/03/07 01:19 PM
More Monopoly money is printed yearly than real money throughout the
world.

Penguins are not found in the North Pole

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all
photocopier errors worldwide.

A dentist invented the Electric Chair.

Rudolf the Red-nosed reindeer was actually created as a promotional
figure for Montgommery Wards department stores.

A ****roach can live nine days without its head before it starves to
death.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% Percentage of North America
that is wilderness: 38%

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the
speed of sound.

Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a
garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent
an art studio.

About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still
sitting on it.

Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf .

The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of."

Alfred Hitch**** did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he
was sewn up after surgery.

****roaches break wind every 15 minutes.

Charlie Brown's dad was a barber.

Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.

Frank Baum, the writer of "The Wizrd of OZ", looked at his filing
cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.

Up until the early 20th century, New Jersey and Wisconsin had laws
allowing the castration of epileptics