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Amazing Facts But True -PART 1

Article Abstract by: damutam    

Original Author: DK
•  Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. •  The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and
lived in China in 1910. •  Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing.•  You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.•  A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur in about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks. •  Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.•  Mona Lisa had no eyebrows.•  When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less. •  Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.•  "I Am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. •  Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."•  In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.•  The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.•  The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.•  Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.•  Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
Published: December 13, 2007
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