> >HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?? 
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> >The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred 
> >and Wilma Flintstone. 
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> >Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. 
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> >Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 
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> >Coca-Cola was originally green. 
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> >It is impossible to lick your elbow. 
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> >The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska 
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> >The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (Now get this...) The 
> >percentage of North America that is wilderness: 
> >38% 
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> >The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400. 
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> >The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. 
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> >Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 
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> >The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. 
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> >The youngest pope was 11 years old. 
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> >The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. 
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> >The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. 
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> >Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from 
> >history: 
> >Spades - King David 
> >Hearts - Charlemagne 
> >Clubs -Alexander, the Great 
> >Diamonds - Julius Caesar 
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> >111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 
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> >If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the 
> >air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air 
> >the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse 
> >has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 
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> >Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John 
> >Hancock and Charles Thomson Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the 
> >last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. 
> >~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
> >At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.