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In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa.
A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed o ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone.
This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes.
A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable
to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.
David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American
law at the time.
In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.
In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.
In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.
Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars.
The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.
The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.
The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.
English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight.
41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day.
75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.
A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing.
A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
A fetus that is four months old, will becomes startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother's stomach.
A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.
A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.
Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.
Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.
Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938.
After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.
Albert Einstein was cremated and his ashes were spread over a river located in New Jersey.
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty
in New York Harbour.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was "Moon." Buzz was the second man to step onto the Moon in 1969.
At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a piece of music in half an hour.
Beethoven used to take hay baths to remedy the swelling he used to get in his legs.
7 out of 10 people believe in life after death.
Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House
German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America.
In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built.
In New Mexico, over eleven thousand people have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ
burned into it.
John Bunyan, who was a popular writer from the 1700's, was put in prison for twelve years for preaching.
Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal.
The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children.
France is known as the perfume capital of the world.
93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women.
98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set.
A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their hair with their saliva before curling it.
A Connecticut Toy maker, Herobuilders, sells action figures of President George W. Bush, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden,
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which are all major figures tied to the September 11,
2001 WTC attacks.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
A washroom that was built by Lam Sai-wing is the world's most expensive washroom. He built the washroom for his shop and
everything in the washroom is made out of gold and jewels. It cost $3.5 million to build.
About 26 per cent of all indoor water used by households in Sydney, Australia are for laundry.
About 85% or product warning labels on household products are inadequate.
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket.
America's favorite Crayola crayon color is blue.
Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.
An average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance.
Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons of water.
Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years
to finally decompose.
Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns.
Arthur Giblin was the inventor of the first "flushable" toilet.
Austria was the very first country to use postcards starting in 1869.
Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts.
By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.
Children who live in homes that are heated with wood are more likely to develop respiratory illnesses than children who
don't.
Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago.
Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
Cotton crops can be sprayed up to 40 times a year making it the most chemical-intensive crop in the world.
Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours.
Crayola is a French word that means "Oily chalk."
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