*Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world. English is second.

*An old law in British Columbia, Canada, made it illegal to kill a Sasquatch [Bigfoot].

*The slowest animal in the world is the 3-toed sloth.

*The Hundred Years War actually lasted for 116 years.

*In Denmark you cannot wear a mask.

*"THE" is the most commonly used word in the English language.

*In Alabama, bear wrestling matches are outlawed.

*An albatross [kind of bird] can sleep while it flies. It dozes while cruising at 25 MPH.

*The Roman Emperor Domitian liked to spend hours catching flies with his hands.

*Pteronophobia: the fear of being tickled by feathers.

*In Utah it is illegal to cause a catastrophe.

*Skin is the body's heaviest and biggest organ.

*Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

*In the UK, MP's are not allowed to wear armor in Parliament.

*There are no words in the English dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver, and month.

*In Washington, it's illegal to pretend one's parents are rich.

*Peanuts can be used as one of the ingredients in dynamite.

*Queen Elizabeth I of England bathed regularly....................

ABOUT 4 TIMES A YEAR!

*It is illegal to sell tarantulas in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

*The continent of Antarctica is the only continent with no trees.

*Apocolocynposis: the fear of turning into a pumpkin.

*In Brookfield, Wisconsin, it is illegal to use another person's phone to make a prank call.

*A lump of pure gold the size of your thumbnail can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

*During the California Gold Rush, some people paid $100 for a glass of water.

*A somnambulist is a sleepwalker.

*In Acworth, Georgia, all citizens must own a rake.

*Arachibutyrophobia: the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

*Octophobia: the fear of the figure "8".

*Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

*A man named Charles Osbourne had the hiccups for 68 years.

*In 2002 the Greek government passed a flawed law that accidentally banned all electronic games.

*Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

*In 1982, Larry Walters tied 45 weather balloons to a lawn chair and rose to 16,000 feet.

*The sentence THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER A LAZY DOG uses every letter of the alphabet.

*At least 80% of the people that read this scroll back up if it really DOES use every letter of the alphabet. IT DOES!

*Most human heads are covered with approximately 100,000 hairs.

*Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

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