1. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT" (who checked every word in order to find this?!).
2. In New York, it is illegal to buy any alcohol on Sundays before noon (but this is also a law in Baton Rouge, so is it really that special?).
3. 98% of Japanese are cremated (doesn't sound like fun).
4. Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th (the irony).
5. Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonald's (those poor deprived people).
6. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk during her lifetime (soooo much milk).
7. Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad (not many places to go though).
8. Earthworms have five hearts (must be really tiny to all fit in there).
9. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond (because all it takes is a millisecond before you're dead).
10. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor (I wonder how it got it's name though).
11. It is impossible to drown and not die. Technically, the term "drowning" refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not the death caused by this process (whaaaaat?).
12. 11% of the world is left handed (and I'm not one of them).
13. The Falkland Isles, which has a population of about 2,000 has over 700,000 sheep (or about 350 sheep per person).
14. The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day (Japanese people are the coolest).
15. The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepterix rhamni) has the longest lifetime of the adult butterflies (which is only nine to ten months).
16. A female ferret will die if it does not find a mate (this is so sad).
17. A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon (obviously).
18. An average human loses about 200 hairs a day (and this hair from your head).
19. Dartboards are made out of horse hairs (how?).
20. On average, two newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day (I was probably one of them).
21. In the U.S. Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs, and basketballs combined (but not soccer balls).
22. The human body is comprised of 80% water (literally, everyone should know this).
23. It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors (but there is no solid evidence).
24. Despite a population of over one billion,China only has about 200 family names (there must be at least one million Lee's).
25. Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms (601 more than what I have).
- Delanna
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