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  • Coprastasophobia is the fear of constipation.
  • Most parrots are left-handed.
  • The average American man has $27 in his wallet right now.
  • There are no skunks in Newfoundland.
  • The man who created the Thighmaster was a Buddhist monk.
  • Euripides was the first person on record to denounce slavery.
  • Kotex was first manufactured as bandages during World War II.
  • The wheel on the game show “”Wheel of Fortune”” is 102 inches in diameter.
  • Ulysses S. Grant ate cucumbers for breakfast.
  • The Beatles song “”A Day in the Life”” ends with a note sustained for forty seconds.
  • There is a bathroom in Egypt where it is free to use the toilet, but you have to bring or buy your own toilet paper.
  • Three things pregnant women dream of most during their first trimester are frogs, worms and potted plants.
  • The longest recorded interval between the birth of twins was 136 days.
  • About a third of people flush while still on the toilet.
  • People with brain disorders suffer from fewer headaches than the general public.
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