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I don't know if these are real or not. I just copied them down. Enjoy!! xDD

1] A summer's catch for a single toad= 10,000 insects
2] The first modern olympiad was held in Athens in 1896. 484 contestants from 13 nations perticipated.
3] Male Emperor penguins survive two months without any food, to protect and warm a single egg.
4] Testophobia: the fear of taking tests.
5] Your jaw, eye, and tounge muscles are among the strongest in your body.
6] Roman coins have been dug up in America, suggesting that perhaps the Vikings or Columbus weren't the first Europeans here.
7] The first food grown in outer space was potatoes in 1995 aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
8] French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
9] Baby rattlesnakes are born without rattles.
10] Yellowstone is the world's first national park. It was dedicated in 1872.
11] Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
12] Clinophobia: the fear of going to bed.
13] Lemon sharks grow a new set of teeth every two weeks.
14] Athens' first legal code, written in 620 BCE, prescribed death for almost every crime, even trivial ones.
15] 50% of pizzas in North America are sold with pepperoni on them.
16] The average person speaks about 5,000 words a day.
17] A giant squid's eye is as big as a basketball.
18] Ice hockey was first played in 1885 by British soldiers stationed in Canada.
19] Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
20] Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: the fear of long words.
21] Before Europeans arrived, 25 million bison roamed North America (today only 30,000 live).
22] Gelatin (often used in marmalade, jelly, and similar products) is made from animals' hides and and bones.
23] When your stomach rumbles or growls it is "wambling."
24] The average bed is home to over 5 billion dust mites.
25] Rome was the very first city to reach a poplulation of one million.
26] A stalk of celery has "negative calories"; digestion it takes more enery that it provides.
27] Logizomechanophobia: the fear of computers.
28] The Goliath Beetle weighs more than eight mice.
29] The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
30] Gatorade ws invented for, and named after, the University of Florida Gators football team.
31] Lubberwort: food of no nutritional value; junk food.
32] Snow leopards cannot roar.
33] Tug-of-war was an official olympic event until 1920.
34] Seaweed can be used to thicken ice cream.
35] The word clip means both "fasten" and the very opposite, "detach".
36] Female grizzlies sleep through birth during hibernation.
37] The continent of Antarctica wasn't discovered until 1820.
38] Woman end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.
39] A group of crows is knows as a "murder" of crows.
40] A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
41] Toilet paper was first marketed in the U.S. in the 1880's.
42] People who have eaten ants say they taste like salt & vinegar chips.
43] The hole in your clothing you put your arm through in an "armsaye."
44] Queen honeybees will lay up to 3,000 eggs in a day.
45] The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the difference between fruits and vegetables in 1893.
46] It is said to be impossible to lick your elbow. (over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.)

Well that's it. x33