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Strange But True Facts!

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By Kathy Murray

– A shark can grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime.

– Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

– An elephant can smell water 3 miles away.

– Less then 30% of people read an entire newspaper.

– Most of the world’s lipstick contains fish scales.

– The first ice skates were invented 5,000 years ago in Finland and were made from the leg bones of animals.

– When you sneeze, it travels out of your mouth at over 160 kilometres per hour (over 100 miles).

– Canadians spend roughly 6 months of their lives sitting at red traffic lights.

– Termites outnumber the human population 10 to 1.

– You consume 1/10 of a calorie every time you lick a stamp.

– Tarantula kebabs are a popular food in Cambodia, as is grasshopper paste in Zambia and pigeon stew in Thailand.

– The world’s largest chocolate bar weighed in at 2,358 kilograms (5,206 pounds).

– Each year, the average person walks a total of 4 miles making his or her bed.

– You must be 18 years old to play pinball in Nashville, Tennessee.

– Coconut is a popular pizza topping in Costa Rica. In Japan, anything from squid to mayonnaise goes.

– Bicycles were first built without pedals.

– A 15-year-old boy invented earmuffs in the 1870s. In 1917, another 15-year-old boy invented electric Christmas tree lights.

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