- In her films, Shirley Temple always had 56 curls in her hair.
- A blue whale's heart is as big as a compact car.
- In 1995, the Kellogg Company paid $2,400 to a man whose kitchen was damaged by a flaming Pop-Tart.
- The moped is the vehicle with the best safety record in Europe.
- Pound for pound, sheep out-eat cows seven to one.
- There has never been a documented human death caused by piranhas.
- In the next seven days, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewelry.
- On August 30, 1995, Sean Shannon of Canada recited Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy in 23.8 seconds - an average of 655 words per minute.
- Shakespeare coined the terms, "into thin air," "one fell swoop" and "kill with kindness."
- The heaviest and longest dog ever recorded was an Old English mastiff named Zorba who weighed 343 pounds and, from nose to tail, measured 8 feet 3 inches.
- Jellyfish are 99 percent water.
- Too much caffeine can cause hand tremors, loss of coordination or appetite, insomnia and in extreme cases, trembling, nausea, heart palpitations and diarrhea.
- John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
- According to a Gallup poll, one in seven Americans can't locate the United States on a map.
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Things you've always never wanted to know
Published: Monday, February 12, 2007
Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2009
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