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Strange Facts;
Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!

Slugs have 4 noses!

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!

The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!

It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!

The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!

America once issued a 5-cent bill!

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow!

In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!

Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
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Things I Wish I'd Known
Before I Went Out In The Real World



Any and all compliments can be handled by simply saying "Why, thank you" (though it helps if you say it with a Southern accent).

Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are on stage singing, some are in the audience as critics and some are there to applaud. Know who and where you are.

Never give yourself a haircut after three margaritas.

When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.

Never continue dating anyone who is rude to the waiters and doesn't like dogs/cats.

Good sex should involve laughter. Because think about it, it is funny.

You need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape.

The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship "I apologize" and "You are right."

Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.

The only really good advice that I remember my mother ever gave me was, "Go! You might meet somebody!"

If he/she says that you are too good for him/her - believe it.

I've learned to pick my battles; I ask myself, 'Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?'

Never pass up an opportunity to pee.

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!

Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you.

Knowing how to listen to music is as great a talent as knowing how to make it.

Work is good but it's not that important.

Never underestimate the kindness of your fellow man.

And finally... Be really nice to your friends. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan.

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PETROL, PAY & WHISKY. In July, 1939 petrol in Britain was rationed to 200 miles per month. Brand names disappeared, only 'Pool' petrol was available at four shillings and two pence a gallon. In 1940, the manufacture of new cars was stopped, and in 1942, petrol for private use was not allowed. The average wage in Britain in 1939 was £3 and nine shillings for men and £1 and twelve shillings for women. For newly enlisted servicemen, the pay was two shillings a day! A bottle of whisky cost 13 shillings and sixpence. The price of gold was £8 an ounce. To conserve wood the government requested all women to wear flat-heeled shoes.
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