- Alaska's coastline is longer than that of all the U.S. coastal states combined.
- The tip of a whip makes a cracking noise because it moves faster than the speed of sound, and therefore creates a miniature sonic boom.
- The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
- The average person swallows 295 times while eating a meal.
- Circadian dysrhythmia is the official term for jet lag.
- The male mosquito does not bit--only the female does.
- Your left hand does 56 percent of the typing.
- Martin Van Buren was the first U.S. born citizen to become president.
- Until 1936, it was against the law in New York to wear topless bathing suits--for both men and women.
- An adult has 206 bones. A newborn has 300.
- The number of left-handed men is double that of left-handed women.
- Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
- Honeybees and turtles are deaf.
- Calvin Coolidge's will was one sentence long.
- Babies up to seven months old can breathe and swallow at the same time.
- You have to count all the way to one thousand before the letter "a" is used in spelling a number.
- A world class high jumper could clear the bar at almost fifty feet on the moon.
- Seals have been known to swim for as long as eight months and 6,000 miles without touching land.
- An ant's sense of smell is comparable to a dog's.
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