• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• Just 20 seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon.
• Every minute in the United States, six people turn 17.
• The top three products for coupon redemption are cold cereal, soap and deodorant.
• The world's largest birthday cake was created in 1989. It weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 ounces and used 16,209 pounds of icing.
• One in 12 Americans alphabetizes their spice rack.
• Close to two billion birthday cards are sent each year in the U.S. alone, accounting for nearly 58 percent of all cards sent.
• The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
• About 65 percent of American adolescents get acne.
• If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
• The average bed is home to more than six billion dust mites.
• There is a 33-percent chance that a peanut grown in the U.S. will end up as peanut butter.
• Bill Gates makes about $250 per second.
• When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop, even your heart.
• Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth. Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
- All facts from funnyjunksite.com
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