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Weird Things You Would Never Know!!

Date: 6/19/2006

Part 1 of 2

Butterflies taste with their feet.



A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.



In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases

more energy than all the world's

nuclear weapons combined.



On average, 100 people choke to

death on ballpoint pens every year.



On average, people fear spiders

more than they do death.



Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.



Elephants are the only animals

that can't jump.



It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but not downstairs.



Women blink nearly twice as much as men.



No word in the English

language rhymes

with "MONTH".



Average life span of a major

league baseball: 7 pitches.



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Chris & Dan

Co-Publishers



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