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#15 So Righteous, Dude!
What what the most shoplifted book ever is. Guess! . . . It's the Bible! Shocking, aye!?
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So Righteous, Dude!
What what the most shoplifted book ever is. Guess! . . . It's the Bible! Shocking, aye!?
14:
Reading Sucks
A whopping 42% of all men and women who graduate college never again read another book. Could someone tell us again what the point of college is!?
13:
Mike the Headless Chicken
There was once a chicken named Miracle Mike who lived for 18 months, even after his head was cut off. The reason why? The farmer who tried to chop off his head just barely missed his jugular vein, not to mention his brain stem!
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The 10 Percent
Ten percent of all the human beings ever born at alive at this precise moment in time. That's pretty insane, right, what with the centuries and millenia of human history behind us.
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Backwards Fashion
High heels were originally designed for aristocratic men, not women. Shake it, handsome!
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Keep Growing
Even after you die, your hair continues to grow for a few months. That said, make sure you get a haircut before you pass. Just sayin'...
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Fat Stamps
You consume 1/10th of a calore every time you lick a stamp. So yeah, make sure you go running on those days when you have a lot of mail to send out.
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Short Memory
A goldfish has a memory span of approximately 3 seconds. Hi! Hello! Hey! Hi! Hello! Hey! **repeat**
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Death Of A Language
Researchers discovered in 2007 that one indigenous language dies approximately every 14 days. The areas where this occurs most frequently include Australia, South America and eastern Siberia.
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Do Not Die!
The United Kingdom's House of Parliament boasts an outrageous law that makes it illegal for one to die within it. So basically, don't pursue English politics if you have any plans of dying.
5:
Where Are The Flamingos?
In the United States, there are actually more plastic flamingos than real ones. We wonder then why there isn't a plastic flamingo zoo!?
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Faster Runner
Though weighing between a humongous 1½ and 3 tonnes, a hippopotamus can actually run faster than a human! So yeah... don't challenge one to a race!
3:
Happy Birthday!
Every minute in the Unites States, six teenagers turn 17. That's 8640 teeny boppers a day who think they're only a year away from being "fully grown" adults. Mmm hmm.
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Zero License Plates
Steve Jobs disliked license plates so much that he would get a new car every 6 months to avoid having to get one, as per California law. We wished Mark Zuckerberg appreciated privacy like Steve did!
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Disproportionate Gravity
The United States actually has less gravity than Europe and Asia. Is that why everyone accuses Americans of being airheads?
