? The quills of a porcupine are soft when it is born.

? Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian; she was Greek.

? Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light; dark brown are the least sensitive.

? There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

? The first products that the toy company Mattel came out with were picture frames.

? The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

? A baby eel is called an elver. A baby oyster is called a spat.

? It takes eight-and-a-half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.

? There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building – one for every day of the year.

? The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

? Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.

? If you cut off a snail’s eye, it will grow a new one.

? In high school, Robin Williams was voted “”Least Likely to Succeed.””

? You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

? The average U.S. farm has 467 acres; the average Japanese farm has 3 acres.

? In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor’s prescription.

? By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks.

? Hummingbirds can’t walk.

? The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

? Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.

– All facts from hookedonfacts.com