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The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs in it. The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. A polar bear’s skin is black. Its fur is…

ONLY IN AMERICA Can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. There are handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. Drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. People order double…

You say “the city” and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan. You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skill. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on…

Deep Salvage Pick Reminiscent of the deep sea exploration to find the Titanic ship, you probe deep into your nasal passages. Utensil Pick When fingers, and even your thumb, just aren’t enough to get the job done to your satisfaction. Extra Pick When you have been digging for nuggets hours upon hours and suddenly you…

Big List Of Lies The check’s in the mail. I’m from the government and I’m here to help you. I thought I already gave you that money I owed you. I promise I’ll pay you back next Friday. I’ve never been this drunk before. I’ll never get this drunk again. I’ve checked this email out,…

Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were even in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the fraternity house walls with drawings of his strange characters. The Les Nessman…