1. The eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain. 2. A person eats around 60,000 pounds worth of food during his life, which is the equivalent of six elephants. Incredible! 3. Ants can pull about 30 times their own weight and lift about 50 times their own weight. 4. A lion can mate more than 50 times in one day. Huh! 5. Did you know that you cannot fold an 8.5″ x 11″ or smaller piece of paper in half more than 7 times? Try it! The MythBusters guys on the Discovery channel folded a piece of paper more than 7 times but it was a really large sheet of paper. 6. More people are killed from donkeys in a year than are killed by planes. 7. Most snowflakes form with 6 tips or branches. Generally, the colder it is when the snowflake is formed the sharper and more defined the tips will be. 8. Lung cancer ... Thats how the cigarette company Marlboros first owner died. Hmmm. 9. Snails can sleep for up to 3 years. 10. You cannot think of an English word to rhyme with the word month because there isnt one. 11. If an infant becomes blind soon after theyre born they will still almost always see images in their dreams, but infants born with blindness will most likely never have dreams with images. People who were born blind do still have very emotionally intense dreams which include hearing, smells, feeling and taste. Now thats an interesting fact about dreams. 12. It is against the law in the state of Kentucky to marry a man more than three times. Old law. 13. In the state of Kentucky it is against the law to carry an ice cream in your back pocket. Old law. 14. On Dec. 16, 1811, the mighty Mississippi River began to flow backward due to a powerful earthquake.
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