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1. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

2. About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

3. According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

4. Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick as one half inch.

5. After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

6. All polar bears are left-handed.

7. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

8. Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

9. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

10. An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.

11. Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.

12. According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

13. Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.

14. After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.

15. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.

16. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

17. An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.

18. An eyelash lives about 5 months.

19. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

20. According to Hammurabi's Code, the penalty for medical malpractice was to cut off the doctor's hands.

21. An Octopus has 3 hearts!

22. According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

23. A whale's penis is called a dork.

24. An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.

25. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
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Satyn wrote:3. According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

i blame carosel...
6. All polar bears are left-handed.

millions of dollars were spent during this reasearch...
18. An eyelash lives about 5 months.

they live? O.o
25. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.

... think ill go euro disney insted of walt :p
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surely americans drink more than 5 million bottles of soda a year? seems very low tbh.
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pikeh wrote:surely americans drink more than 5 million bottles of soda a year? seems very low tbh.
I think its what just 1 american drink tbh...that would explain why they are so fat ]/Ankh[/B]

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yes one american :)
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So he only needs to drink 13698 cans per day :D

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Satyn wrote:2. About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

So 25% of them live on 98% water?

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<ankh> wrote:So he only needs to drink 13698 cans per day :D

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LOL should get my facts straight eh :D
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Satyn wrote:LOL should get my facts straight eh :D
Nah, sounds fair tbh :D add 20000 pizzas and 13000 burgers and there you go...the average yankee diet per day :P

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Gandelf wrote:So 25% of them live on 98% water?
yeah i didnt understand this.
btw, the thread title is wrong. they aren't that interesting. :)
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