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Amusing Facts - 23
Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.
After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.
Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That is the opposite of the norm.
Elvis' favorite sandwich was peanut butter and banana. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836.
George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.Queen Victoria used marijuana, to help relieve menstrual cramp pain.
The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark.
In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate.
Italian philosopher and scientist Galileo Galilee's middle finger can be found on display at Italy's Museo di Storia del Scienza.
James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States.
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
Malcolm X's real name is Malcolm Little.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had.
Mary Hart, the co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight, has each of her legs insured for one million dollars.
Mass murderer Charles Manson recorded an album titled "Lie."
Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898.
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings. Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth.
Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938.The youngest pope was 11 years old.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers-they saw it as competition.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
A snail can sleep for 3 years. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Polar bears are left-handed.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
Butterflies taste with their feet. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Starfish haven't got brains.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
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