1) The crack of a whip is actually the tip breaking the sound barrier.
2) Humans can smell rain better than sharks can smell blood
3) The dying wish of the man who invented frisbee golf, was for his cremated remains to be made into a frisbee
4) Bananas can't reproduce
5) The dot over a lower case 'i' is called a Tittle
6) Cookie Monster's name is Sid
7) The first ever hot air balloon ride was given to a sheep, a duck, and a rooster
8) Albert Einstein was the inspiration for Yoda's look
9) A lobster's bladder is in it's head
10) The first flavour of potato chip was Cheese and Onion
11) Chinese checkers was invented in Germany
12) Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi
13) Just like a tree, a narwhal's tusk shows their past living conditions
14) The first person to ever be convicted of speeding was going 8 mph
15) Hair and nails grow faster when you're pregnant
16) The moon has earth quakes
17) Humans are the only animals that can blush
18) There is a name for feeling like you're going to get lost in a mall, Gruen Transfer
19) The wood frog can hold it's pee for 8 months
20) About 30% of your tastebuds are lost when you're on a flight
21) A chef's hat or toque has 100 folds in if
22) Rabbits can't puke
23) Copper door knobs are self-disinfecting
24) Marie Curie was the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences
25) Pigeons can tell the difference between paintings by Monet, and paintings by Picasso
26) Superman didn't always fly
27) Space smells like seared steak
28) The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields
29) Scotland's national animal is a Unicorn
30) Bees some times sting other bees
31) The total weight of ants on earth once equaled the total weight of people
32) 'E' is the most common letter, it's in 11% of all English words
33) A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin's basement
34) The healthiest place in the world is Panama
35) A pharaoh once covered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him
36) There is a decorated war hero dog
37) Dolphins have been trained to be used in war
38) Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre (where Lincoln was killed) for a drink
39) Teachers in North Korea were once required to play the accordion
40) Children's medicine once had morphine in it
41) The sound water makes when it's poured sounds different depending on its temperature
42) There is a man who saved over 200 from suicide
43) Our European ancestors were cannibals
44) Koalas have fingerprints
45) Riding a rollercoaster can help you pass a kidney stone
46) Sea lions can dance to a beat
47) Nutmeg can be fatally poisonous
48) The Australian government banned the word 'mate' for a day
49) Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits
50) Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida
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