FACTS OF LIFE

Your daily dose of random, interesting and funny facts

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Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe.

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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

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Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.

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During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

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A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

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More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

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

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Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws.

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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

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Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

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A whale's penis is called a dork.

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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.

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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

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The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

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The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.

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Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991.