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Illustration by Patricia Tompkins
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Arizona Daily Wildcat
September 13, 2005
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
There is a Superman logo somewhere in every episode of "Seinfeld."
Wearing headphones will increase the amount of bacteria in you ear 700 times more than normal.
The toughest tongue twister so far known in English is "Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick." Try saying it five times fast. Or try saying it one time slow.
The golden dart frog is the most poisonous frog on earth, and the skin of one frog could kill up to 1,000 people. In recent years, a painkiller with 200 times the power of morphine has been found in the skin of the frog.
The weight in elephants of the Eiffel Tower is about 1,000 elephants.
Dueling in Paraguay is legal as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
In England, the speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word you can type with only the left hand.
Bill Gates has enough money to buy every house in Alaska.
Belgium produces 172,000 tons of chocolate per year and has more than 2,130 chocolate shops.
American casinos do not normally have a dress code and you can wear casual clothes. European casinos, on the other hand, do enforce a dress code.
There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in New York City.
John Hertz, who founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1907, chose yellow because he had read a study conducted by the University of Chicago that indicated it was the easiest color to spot.
Macy's, the world's largest store, covers 2.1 million square feet of space and stocks more than 500,000 different items.
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