ANIMALS

1. US Secret Service sniffer dogs stay in five-star hotels during over-sea presidential visits.
2. A cockroach can live for ten days without a head.
3. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
4. All Polar bears are left handed.
5. Elephants are the only animal in the world that can't jump.
6. Rats multiply so quickly that two rats in 18 months could have over 18 million descendents.
7. A ducks quack does not echo.
8. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
9. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 ft. tall child inside standing up
10. Porcupines can float on water.

Really Random

1. It is impossible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
2. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
3. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
5. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
6. There are more insects in 10 square feet of rain forest than there are people in Manhatten.
7. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
8. A cows only sweat glands are in its nose.
9. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
10. A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.

More Random!

1. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.
2. "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
3. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed People do.
4. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every Letter in the English language.
5. China has more English speakers than the United States
6. We shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
7. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
8. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
9. Scientists in Australia 's Parkes Observatory thought they had positive Proof of alien life, when they began picking up radio-waves from space. However, after investigation, the radio emissions were traced to a Microwave in the building.
10. Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

Big Names

1. The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.
2.Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."
3. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.
4. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
5. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
6. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
7. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
8.Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
9. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

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Interview with Jonathan Huggins

Question #1: Did you know that a rat can last longer without water than a camel can?

Answer: Now that one I've never heard.

Question #2: When did you first realize that you really remembered some unusual facts quite well?

Answer: Oh, I have no idea...my brain has always grabbed things I hear.

Question #3: Why do you think you are like that?

Answer: Well, I have always had a hard time seeing, so I learn auditoraly. My brain automatically grabs things that I hear. It is the easiest way for me to learn.

Question #4: Can you tell me one interesting fact that I probably would not know?

Answer: Giraffes have the same amount of neck bones as we do!

Question #5: What would you suggest to people who want to learn more interesting facts?

Answer: SHUT UP!!! Learn by listening to things around you! Most smart people are simply good listeners.

Animals

1.India has more monkeys than all the people in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan combined!
2. Americans spend about three billion dollars in cat and dog food in one year!
3. More people are killed annually by donkeys, than by plane crashes!
4. A mule won't sink in quick sand but a donkey will!
5. A Poison Arrow Frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people!
6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
7. The left leg of the chicken is more tender than the right leg.
8. One cow gives off enough methane gas in one day to fill around 400 liter bottles!
9. Cows can have regional "accents".
10. A rat can go longer without water than a camel can.