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    Fast Facts

    ? A cockroach can live for nine days after its head has been cut off.

    ? In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

    ? Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

    ? Pinocchio is Italian for “”pine eye.””

    ? Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

    ? In Sweden there is a ski-thru McDonald’s.

    ? A new baby usually deprives its parents of 400-750 hours of sleep in the first year.

    ? Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

    ? Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the U.S. Treasury.

    ? The man who played the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots.

    ? Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

    ? Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

    ? There wasn’t a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.

    ? On Sesame Street, Bert’s goldfish were named Lyle and Talbot, presumably after the actor Lyle Talbot.

    ? Men are six times more likely than women to be struck by lightning.

    All facts from FunFunnyFacts.com

    – compiled by Lance Madden

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