Compiled by Stanley Sy and Ryan Parks
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- it's physically impossible for humans to keep their eyes open when they sneeze
- Alanis Morissette's middle name is Nadine
- approx 100 t of dust from burned-up meteorites falls into earth's atmosphere each day
- the 4th largest software company in the world is Autodesk, makers of AutoCAD and 3D Studio
- for every 1 cockroach you see in your home, there is, threotically, another 100 hiding
- roaches are loners
- the weight of your skin is twice the weight of your brain
- possible deaths if 1 pound of plutonium is finely ground up and inhaled: 42 billion.
- percent of American budget spent on the elderly: 30 %
- percent of American budget spent on education: 2 %
- August 13 is the International Lefthander's Day
- Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts
- two Barbies are sold every second somewhere in the world
- over 105 million yards of fabric have been used in creating Barbie outfits
- odds of being struck by lightning: one in 1.9 million
- odds of dying in the bathtub this year: one in 1 million
- odds of being killed by someone's dog: one in 700,000
- odds of being attacked by a shark: one in 100 million
- odds of being killed by a shark: one in 300 million
- 40,000 Americans are injured by their toilets each year
- 100,000 of Americans are seriously injured by their clothing each year
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Special Thanks to Nitin for Contributing Some Useless Facts
This page was created on June 19,1996 by Stanley Sy and Ryan Parks
This page was last updated May 22, 1997
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