tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195344862008-02-08T17:39:33.034+08:00evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-24052047183821915652007-11-22T07:18:00.000+08:002007-11-22T07:31:00.432+08:00<div align="justify">Had a discussion yesterday with someone who believes in the energy force as a palpable thing.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">An object that is worshipped, it is believed, will be infused with such high energy levels that birds or planes are not able to fly above it. Pilots are said to alter its course upon reaching the mentioned area because all are aware of the fact that the force field cannot be penetrated. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">My mind was filled with questions. If that was true, what keeps the energy force field expanding vertically... but not horizontally, where its worshippers crowd? So the inanimate object gains self-consciousness to direct an amazing force field that extends for miles above it to the height where planes fly.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Another friend advised, "Don't question people's beliefs. Sensitive issue"</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Must it be?</div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-89308030951759408762007-09-09T21:25:00.000+08:002007-09-09T21:52:51.243+08:00<div align="justify">I was sick yesterday, fever on my birthday, so it sure didn't feel like a birthday at all. Decided to rest for most of the day - and was far from the hyperactive person I have been known to be. Sue Anne called from UK, which was really touching since I actually didn't expect her to remember with all her work and all... </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">My birthday dinner was scheduled as a belated one because I had prior plans yesterday (which I couldn't attend because of the above). It was dinner at Orchid Thai Restaurant thanks to Mummy. The setting wasn't much to shout about but the food did live up to expectations.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108198769826008578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hHIxNbbCSUw/RuP3t32RDgI/AAAAAAAAACI/XIp6bjT0nvo/s320/Butter+Prawn.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>One of the signature dishes. Most dishes seemed to taste of curry powder... which is quite odd, since Thais are known for their tom-yam flavour. If I wanted curry, I'd have gone to an Indian restaurant. But it was the fish that saved the day, with its unique gravy that made me eat more than my usual amount of rice.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">The dessert was cool.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108200462043123218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hHIxNbbCSUw/RuP5QX2RDhI/AAAAAAAAACQ/34f4HFSvXcI/s320/Honey+Dew+Sago.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Darn... it really doesn't look all that nice here, quite gross. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Eat like that sure become graduate from fei-poh to super-fei-poh. Tomorrow promise go jogging already. Cannot reach 45 minutes, 20 minutes pun jadilah. Hehehe... been a super long time since I ran anyway. About time la to start exercising to stop falling sick so much.</div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-15540578807999003902007-09-06T00:12:00.000+08:002007-09-06T00:19:50.008+08:00<div align="justify">On my right, two mothers were discussing the merits of Pampers vs Mummy Poko.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">On my far left, a Vietnamese woman was sitting with her two children - a young boy of about 5 and an infant sleeping in her arms. The boy was holding a shopping bag containing a small pack of baby diapers because she couldn't afford the value packs.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">A young lady takes a seat beside the Vietnamese mother. The boy looks longingly into her shopping bag. Noticing him, the young lady pulls out the packet of huge strawberries from the bag. Suddenly shy, the boy hides behind his mother.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The young lady tears the pack open and offers him the largest juiciest strawberry.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The boy learnt two new words that day: Thank You. </div><div align="justify">The young lady said that she learnt that Vietnamese children have smiles of sunshine.</div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-4424607974791201792007-05-02T18:52:00.000+08:002007-05-02T19:06:49.586+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">The girl who drops by regularly, who quietly asked me for assurance before having a tumor in her breast removed, who actually shares lame jokes... she is...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Wednesday/Frontpage/0205mmf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 382px;" src="http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Wednesday/Frontpage/0205mmf.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the <a href="http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Wednesday/Frontpage/20070502141528/Article/index_html">front page of Malay Mail</a> were the details of the call that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kelvin </span>received last night. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rashween</span> is really gone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jagdeep </span>is still in Intensive Care Unit, in coma.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jagdeep</span> has always been the butt of all jokes at MGS Taekwondo. We called him black, we called him Singh, we called him long pole... and he laughs along. When my brother <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kelvin</span> fell into a manhole, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jagdeep</span> did not hesitate to jump in so that his friend would not have to be alone down there. It didn't really occur to him to shout for help first but yeah, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jagdeep</span>'s like that.<br /><br />Pray for his physical recovery and later for mental strength so he can accept his girlfriend's passing. Yes, he was the driver. All three passengers died.<br /><br />And friends, don't speed.<br /></div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-66635425928216163152007-04-19T23:18:00.000+08:002007-04-19T23:33:02.656+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Why must our relationship be like that? Why can it not be like it was before? Why are you drifting away from the family?</span><br /><br />Seriously, my mother, I don't know.<br /><br />Maybe it's because when I come home and you're watching the TV... and I say hi and you don't, I think you don't want to talk about anything. But you're actually just too tired.<br /><br />Maybe when I tell you about the prospective universities, you tell me to discuss about it later... I feel that you are too tired to discuss about heavy issues. But you're actually just concerned that I haven't eaten.<br /><br />Maybe when I gather the courage to ask Pa out for ping pong and he shakes his head, I take it that he has given up on me. But he's actually genuinely too tired to play.<br /><br />Maybe when I ask for guidance and advice, you give me none, you sigh and tell me to handle it in any way I see fit and when I want to battle my own monsters, you step in too hard.<br /><br />Maybe we see the drift in relationship and you always ask me WHY HAVE I CHANGED? Could it be how have WE changed?<br /><br />Or could it be nothing at all? Over the years, taboo issues crop up. Things like I know you don't like practical jokes, so when someone plays one (and even if I'm not involved), I don't tell you. It is a emotional landmine. The mines just increased until there's not many safe spots to thread on anymore. So we talk less and less and the number of common interests dwindles and dies.<br /><br />In a home when an adult child does not feel at home, coming home for dinner is just that. Coming home and eating dinner. It's an obligation... a little effort against hope that this little gesture is better than no gesture at all.<br /></div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-10484011660033997982007-04-13T12:18:00.000+08:002007-04-13T12:22:22.690+08:00At the end of the day, it is all pointless, isn't it?<br /><br />So why do we even bother trying?evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-86516368730919246792007-04-09T20:51:00.000+08:002007-04-09T21:19:49.574+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">I reach home at eight and my parents are watching TV.<br /><br />"Have you eaten?" Pa asks, no scolding, no questions. Ma doesn't turn.<br /><br />"Nope." I walk to the back, feeling guilty that I wasn't back in time for dinner with them, wishing that I had taken the train instead of waiting for my friend whose lecture ended late.<br /><br />I stop. Three out of the four dishes in the kitchen are my favourites. Mum knew I was coming home today and made the effort. An effort that I should have at least matched.<br /><br />I wish I had the guts to walk to the hall and tell them that I love them.<br /></div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-3407004915729125092007-03-27T21:28:00.000+08:002007-03-27T21:41:11.434+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">It felt like standing at the Klang Simpang Lima roundabout with the typical Malaysian signboard system as guide.<br /><br />It's odd keeping that "don't worry, I'm fine" facade when all I see in the mirror every morning is colgate toothpaste foam on a failure, a reject. Maybe I hoped that by pretending that I'm fine, I would be fine... eventually.<br /><br />There were days when I didn't feel like waking up because I didn't know whether whatever I did that day would actually make a difference. Studying seemed pointless because the only motivation was that <span style="font-style: italic;">one day, I'd be able to use this information </span>and even that opportunity seemed distant.<br /><br />I just continued studying as though that action would improve my chances in getting accepted into a partner medical school.<br /><br />After a meeting with IMU folks who were so understanding that I wonder if they were God-sent, I begin to see a chance that University of Calgary will take me in. Working on a deferment with Thomas Jefferson University but if the optimism by Prof was any indication, I will be in Canada by August this year.<br /><br />Friends, thanks for the encouragement, the messages, the emails, the sweets and chocolates and company. Thanks for not judging me (I actually thought people would - and now I don't really care). I don't know how to repay your kindness and concern.<br /><br />I really am fine now (and that's not because I have stopped brushing my teeth in the morning). I may have failed but I will try again. USMLE and wherever God intends me to go.<br /></div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-19065469454645117832007-03-16T21:54:00.000+08:002007-03-16T21:55:46.738+08:00USMLE.<br /><br />No, I'm not joking. God might be, though.evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-45455448291746674332007-03-07T22:02:00.000+08:002007-03-07T22:32:17.474+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Desmond</span> messaged this morning asking if we wanted to book flight tickets to US together. So we're tentatively leaving on April 17th (happens to be <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wee Kuan</span>'s birthday), flight unknown, time unknown. It's hard to maintain that denial state, the I-refuse-to-think-about-leaving... I want to leave, because that would mean I passed the exam but I don't wanna leave either...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If</span></span> I pass the dreaded USMLE.<br /><br />I wonder how it feels to leave everything here and just go. It's not just family and home...<br /><ul><li>It's just 5 months since <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kai Meng</span> and I got together but I'm already wondering how life would be without being able to share a joke or an experience with him...</li><li>Seeing <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jee Ken </span>off was hard enough (and God knows how long it took for me to get used to not having him in the same country) but at least <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kah Heng</span> was still around to bully (or get bullied)... I wonder what it would be without the IMU buddies. </li><li>Having the <span style="font-weight: bold;">MGS gang </span>conveniently around (whether for hanging out or just SMS chats) is something so constant that it's become some source of comfort. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shi Leng </span>better share how you managed.</li><li>And the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Taekwondo gang</span> that I've grown to become so fond of...</li><li>And the IMU juniors...<br /></li></ul>If I knew it would be so difficult, I would have considered Seremban three years ago.<br /></div>evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02034011999085123405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534486.post-4137156799059579932007-03-04T19:31:00.000+08:002007-03-04T19:49:00.423+08:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <script language="Javascript"><!-- // *********************************************** // AUTHOR: WWW.HOOKEDONFACTS.COM // URL: http://www.hookedonfacts.com // Copyright 2003, Hooked on Facts.com // WARNING - WARNING - WARNING // This code is protected by United States // Copyright Law. 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'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'." text[number++] = "Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08!" text[number++] = "A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat." text[number++] = "It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up." text[number++] = "It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces." text[number++] = "The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design." text[number++] = "If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one." text[number++] = "Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'." text[number++] = "Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly, and Shemp)." text[number++] = "The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean." text[number++] = "A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth." text[number++] = "Ingrown toenails are hereditary." text[number++] = "All bonobo chimpanzees are bisexual!" text[number++] = "Of all things, Andrew Jackson�s tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States!" text[number++] = "In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role." text[number++] = "The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!" text[number++] = "The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language." text[number++] = "It is possible to see a rainbow at night!" text[number++] = "Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet." text[number++] = "The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!" text[number++] = "Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category." text[number++] = "Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star." text[number++] = "The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe." text[number++] = "An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds." text[number++] = "The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle." text[number++] = "The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies." text[number++] = "In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured. " text[number++] = "The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese." text[number++] = "If you unfolded your brain, it would cover an ironing board." text[number++] = "9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!" text[number++] = "Europe is the only continent without a desert." text[number++] = "The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds!" text[number++] = "Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time." text[number++] = "Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows." text[number++] = "A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day." text[number++] = "According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart." text[number++] = "The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps." text[number++] = "Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. " text[number++] = "Babies start dreaming even before they're born." text[number++] = "The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'" text[number++] = "4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day. " text[number++] = "-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit." text[number++] = "Your brain is 80% water." text[number++] = "The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb." text[number++] = "It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!" text[number++] = "There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats." text[number++] = "The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates." text[number++] = "Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die. " text[number++] = "The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly. " text[number++] = "Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct." text[number++] = "The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building." text[number++] = "A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star." text[number++] = "In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world." text[number++] = "More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day." text[number++] = "Goats do not have upper front teeth." text[number++] = "The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust." text[number++] = "One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving. " text[number++] = "The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs." text[number++] = "In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps. " text[number++] = "A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner." text[number++] = "Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda. " text[number++] = "A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse." text[number++] = "The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born." text[number++] = "20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code. " text[number++] = "A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!" text[number++] = "Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!" text[number++] = "Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left." text[number++] = "You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world." text[number++] = "More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world." text[number++] = "Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War." text[number++] = "The average American eats at McDonalds more than 1,800 times in their life. " text[number++] = "'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc." text[number++] = "Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer. " text[number++] = "More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!" text[number++] = "The lifespan of the common goldfish is over 20 years!" text[number++] = "Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day. " text[number++] = "Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day!" text[number++] = "There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world. " text[number++] = "The Zip Code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, New York." text[number++] = "Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 18 inches per year!" text[number++] = "In Idaho, You may not fish on a camel's back. " text[number++] = "In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup. " text[number++] = "In Kentucky, It's illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License. " text[number++] = "In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit." text[number++] = "In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging. " text[number++] = "In Massachusetts, It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath." text[number++] = "Oenophobia is the Fear of wines. " text[number++] = "Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards." text[number++] = "Drew Carey once worked at a Denny's." text[number++] = "90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation." text[number++] = "One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked." text[number++] = "An American urologist once bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000." text[number++] = "Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females." text[number++] = "In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either unbathed or poorly dressed." text[number++] = "The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993." text[number++] = "There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds." text[number++] = "The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000." text[number++] = "California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ." text[number++] = "In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license." text[number++] = "In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people!" text[number++] = "Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates." text[number++] = "Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes. " text[number++] = "Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar." text[number++] = "Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income." text[number++] = "Giraffes are unable to cough." text[number++] = "Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home." text[number++] = "Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood." text[number++] = "Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards." text[number++] = "There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland." text[number++] = "40% of women have hurled footwear at a man." text[number++] = "There are some species of snails that are extremely venomous." text[number++] = "The octopus' testicles are located in its head." text[number++] = "90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right." text[number++] = "A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I." text[number++] = "Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'." text[number++] = "In the next seven days, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewelry." text[number++] = "It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk. " text[number++] = "Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam." text[number++] = "Canada is directly south of Detroit, Michigan." text[number++] = "The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet." text[number++] = "You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark." text[number++] = "Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias." text[number++] = "160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road." text[number++] = "The average life span of a hermit crab is 75 years!" text[number++] = "The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones." text[number++] = "Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown." text[number++] = "Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000." text[number++] = "At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military." text[number++] = "Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego." text[number++] = "In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers." text[number++] = "In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone." text[number++] = "A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife." text[number++] = "In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living." text[number++] = "The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV becuase one if its stars was a pig." text[number++] = "An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!" text[number++] = "In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people." text[number++] = "A shrimp's heart is in its head." text[number++] = "Sharon Stone is allergic to caffeine." text[number++] = "Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews." text[number++] = "Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints." text[number++] = "German soldiers, both heterosexual and homosexual, are allowed to have sex with each other!" text[number++] = "It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. " text[number++] = "Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants." text[number++] = "23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts." text[number++] = "In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket. " text[number++] = "Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste." text[number++] = "2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month." text[number++] = "A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!" text[number++] = "Elephants, lions, and camels roamed Alaska 12,000 years ago." text[number++] = "1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper." text[number++] = "The Australian $5,$10,$20,$50 and $100 notes are made out of plastic. " text[number++] = "In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad." text[number++] = "Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor." text[number++] = "Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris." text[number++] = "In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalized by the Guinness Book of Records for chugging 2.5 pints of beer in 12 seconds." text[number++] = "Iguanas have two penises!" text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century. " text[number++] = "The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!" text[number++] = "The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school." text[number++] = "Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!" text[number++] = "Panophobia is the fear of everything." text[number++] = "At age 70, more than 70 percent of men are still potent!" text[number++] = "In Albania, nodding your head means 'no' and shaking your head means 'yes'." text[number++] = "The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man." text[number++] = "Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews." text[number++] = "The odds of getting a hole-in-one in golf are estimated at about 18,000-to-1." text[number++] = "Jennifer Aniston's original name is Jennifer Anastassakis!" text[number++] = "You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day." text[number++] = "There have been 47 Charlie Chan Movies, with six actors playing the part. None were Chinese!" text[number++] = "In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die!" text[number++] = "The bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep." text[number++] = "A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!" text[number++] = "Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace." text[number++] = "During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants." text[number++] = "'Formicophilia' is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals." text[number++] = "A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing." text[number++] = "Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer." text[number++] = "The first two years of a dog's life are equal to 24 human years." text[number++] = "85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!" text[number++] = "Giant Panda Bears give birth to a 4 ounce Baby Panda!" text[number++] = "If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails. " text[number++] = "Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges." text[number++] = "A broken clock is always right twice a day." text[number++] = "Your skin is actually an organ." text[number++] = "According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots." text[number++] = "An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet." text[number++] = "So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball." text[number++] = "The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world." text[number++] = "The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning." text[number++] = "It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs." text[number++] = "10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka." text[number++] = "One percent of Greenland's population lives in a single apartment building!" text[number++] = "China has more English speakers than the United States." text[number++] = "In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!" text[number++] = "In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer." text[number++] = "Avocados are poisonous to birds." text[number++] = "In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city." text[number++] = "Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second." text[number++] = "Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas." text[number++] = "In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!" text[number++] = "Womens' hearts beat faster than mens'." text[number++] = "Some species of fish have voices!" text[number++] = "Frogs cannot swallow without blinking." text[number++] = "One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons." text[number++] = "Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide." text[number++] = "Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem. " text[number++] = "President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!" text[number++] = "Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music. " text[number++] = "A spider's silk is stronger than steel. " text[number++] = "Santa Claus was born in Turkey." text[number++] = "U.S. Presidents Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July." text[number++] = "The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts." text[number++] = "Parrots have 500 pounds per square inch of pressure in their beaks." text[number++] = "No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic." text[number++] = "The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956." text[number++] = "Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely." text[number++] = "The Japanese liquor, Mam, uses venomous snakes as one of its main engredients." text[number++] = "The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed." text[number++] = "Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull." text[number++] = "The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, there are almost no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years." text[number++] = "Females learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males." text[number++] = "Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey." text[number++] = "According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women." text[number++] = "President George W. Bush is related to all other U.S. Presidents!" text[number++] = "The state of Wyoming is named after a valley in Pennsylvania." text[number++] = "Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails." text[number++] = "To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly." text[number++] = "Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts." text[number++] = "Until 1857, any foreign coins made of precious metal were legal tender in the United States." text[number++] = "In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes." text[number++] = "In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King." text[number++] = "The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool." text[number++] = "All the swans in England are property of the Queen." text[number++] = "If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1." text[number++] = "More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies." text[number++] = "A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee." text[number++] = "At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood." text[number++] = "Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!" text[number++] = "Spiders have transparent blood." text[number++] = "Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight." text[number++] = "Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world." text[number++] = "Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream." text[number++] = "Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged." text[number++] = "Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair." text[number++] = "According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer." text[number++] = "The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking." text[number++] = "Moist air holds heat better than dry air." text[number++] = "Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!" text[number++] = "The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century." text[number++] = "German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule." text[number++] = "Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, hair does not grow back darker and thicker after it has been shaved." text[number++] = "Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise." text[number++] = "Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off ." text[number++] = "On average women can hear better than men." text[number++] = "The MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas washes 15,000 pillowcases per day!" text[number++] = "The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year." text[number++] = "In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's." text[number++] = "Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color." text[number++] = "Jacksonville, Florida, has the largest total area of any city in the United States." text[number++] = "The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!" text[number++] = "A comet's tail always points away from the sun." text[number++] = "The lense of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life." text[number++] = "The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards." text[number++] = "When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings. " text[number++] = "SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'." text[number++] = "Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear. " text[number++] = "The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. " text[number++] = "A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop. " text[number++] = "No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times." text[number++] = "According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'." text[number++] = "The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'." text[number++] = "From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!" text[number++] = "The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it." text[number++] = "In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck." text[number++] = "Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts." text[number++] = "A small airplane can fly backwards." text[number++] = "In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors." text[number++] = "Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer." text[number++] = "Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier." text[number++] = "Identify a fake: The second hand on an authentic Rolex watch doesn't tick, it moves smoothly." text[number++] = "Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle." text[number++] = "In the U.S., for every dollar you spend on gasoline 27 cents of it is in taxes." text[number++] = "2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids." text[number++] = "Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death." text[number++] = "Vaccines contain formaldehyde, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), phenol (disinfectant / pesticide), and aluminum." text[number++] = "The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle." text[number++] = "Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River)." text[number++] = "People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar." text[number++] = "Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner." text[number++] = "The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon." text[number++] = "Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second." text[number++] = "Adult movie star, Ron Jeremy, has a master's degree in Special Education." text[number++] = "Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult." text[number++] = "Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia." text[number++] = "A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel." text[number++] = "Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill." text[number++] = "Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated." text[number++] = "A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through." text[number++] = "Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite." text[number++] = "There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar." text[number++] = "The United States Postal Service handles over forty percent of the world's mail volume." text[number++] = "A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars." text[number++] = "Almonds are a member of the peach family." text[number++] = "It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine." text[number++] = "Leonardo DiCaprio got his first �onscreen kiss� from a man!" text[number++] = "An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain." text[number++] = "When Britney Spears books into hotels she uses the name 'Allota Warmheart' so that nobody will recognize her." text[number++] = "In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10." text[number++] = "The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years." text[number++] = "A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours." text[number++] = "The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world." text[number++] = "The average horse jockey earns only $9 per race!" text[number++] = "In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak." text[number++] = "Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister." text[number++] = "French was the official language of England for over 600 years." text[number++] = "During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine." text[number++] = "The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body." text[number++] = "More than 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people." text[number++] = "Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia." text[number++] = "The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth." text[number++] = "In Pakistan, goats are often sacrificed to improve the performance of the stock market." text[number++] = "The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches." text[number++] = "Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie." text[number++] = "The Wild Turkey is the only bird with a beard." text[number++] = "Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died." text[number++] = "A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average." text[number++] = "Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone." text[number++] = "Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!" text[number++] = "It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas." text[number++] = "Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food." text[number++] = "A jellyfish is 95 percent water." text[number++] = "In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an 'Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.'" text[number++] = "The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice." text[number++] = "Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry." text[number++] = "A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate." text[number++] = "More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world." text[number++] = "A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter." text[number++] = "Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand." text[number++] = "No one knows who designed the first American Flag." text[number++] = "Bats always turn left when exiting a cave." text[number++] = "The average yearly salary of a DJ you listen to on the radio is only $20,000!" text[number++] = "In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word." text[number++] = "Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women." text[number++] = "A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans." text[number++] = "When you eat too much, your hearing becomes less sharp." text[number++] = "Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning." text[number++] = "Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure." text[number++] = "You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening!" text[number++] = "The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation." text[number++] = "Butterflies taste with their feet." text[number++] = "In Mexico, the Tooth Fairy is known as the 'Tooth Mouse'." text[number++] = "Some lions mate over 50 times a day." text[number++] = "Bob Hope and Billy Joel were both once boxers." text[number++] = "The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency. " text[number++] = "The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft." text[number++] = "Bananas aren�t fruit! They are a type of herb." text[number++] = "Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple!" text[number++] = "Albert Einstien never wore any socks. " text[number++] = "A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court." text[number++] = "Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds." text[number++] = "A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. " text[number++] = "More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. " text[number++] = "Racehorses can wear out new horse shoes in one race." text[number++] = "Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold." text[number++] = "Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey." text[number++] = "The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!" text[number++] = "Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor." text[number++] = "February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon." text[number++] = "In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated." text[number++] = "The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo." text[number++] = "Snails breathe through their feet." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking." text[number++] = "Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave." text[number++] = "Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy ketchup." text[number++] = "During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!" text[number++] = "For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more." text[number++] = "A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level." text[number++] = "Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine." text[number++] = "It took 20,000 men 22 years to build the Taj Mahal." text[number++] = "In Brazil, Christmas is celebrated with fireworks." text[number++] = "During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair." text[number++] = "A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'." text[number++] = "The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes." text[number++] = "The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it." text[number++] = "Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made of grass." text[number++] = "The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing." text[number++] = "If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure." text[number++] = "On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity." text[number++] = "Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury." text[number++] = "Rain contains vitamin B12." text[number++] = "The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'." text[number++] = "Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory." text[number++] = "Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object." text[number++] = "An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match." text[number++] = "The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it." text[number++] = "Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting!" text[number++] = "The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof. " text[number++] = "The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. " text[number++] = "Ralph Lauren's original name is Ralph Lifshitz." text[number++] = "Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants. " text[number++] = "Human birth control pills work on gorillas. " text[number++] = "Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older." text[number++] = "Linen is actually stronger when wet." text[number++] = "Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!" text[number++] = "To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field." text[number++] = "Nike Air Soles do not actually have 'air' in them. " text[number++] = "Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A. ." text[number++] = "If China imported just 10% of it's rice needs- the price on the world market would increase by 80%." text[number++] = "A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour." text[number++] = "By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand." text[number++] = "The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan." text[number++] = "Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day." text[number++] = "Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere." text[number++] = "If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet." text[number++] = "Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes." text[number++] = "In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper." text[number++] = "India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century." text[number++] = "Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents." text[number++] = "Oak trees can live 200 or more years." text[number++] = "The first cell phone was invented in 1924." text[number++] = "Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935." text[number++] = "Arnold Schwarzenegger�s voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed." text[number++] = "Kittens are born both blind and deaf." text[number++] = "Brad Pitt has been smoking since the sixth grade!" text[number++] = "The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply." text[number++] = "Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras." text[number++] = "Burt Reynolds is a Cherokee Indian." text[number++] = "Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world." text[number++] = "By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours." text[number++] = "Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day. " text[number++] = "Every three seconds, a new baby is born." text[number++] = "Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him!" text[number++] = "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the most bars per capita than anywhere else in the world." text[number++] = "More than 90% of shark attack victims survive." text[number++] = "Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot." text[number++] = "Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'" text[number++] = "The most collect calls are made on Father's Day." text[number++] = "Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer." text[number++] = "If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. " text[number++] = "You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. " text[number++] = "Johnny Depp suffers from self-injury." text[number++] = "No president of the United States was an only child." text[number++] = "When he was only 13, Johnny Depp lost his virginity to a girl slightly older than him." text[number++] = "If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world." text[number++] = "Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts. " text[number++] = "Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland." text[number++] = "A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945." text[number++] = "India has a Bill of Rights for cows." text[number++] = "Lima beans contain cyanide!" text[number++] = "Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away. " text[number++] = "Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun. " text[number++] = "You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall. " text[number++] = "Most cell phone antennas have no purpose other than to make people believe that flipping up a 2 inch antenna just gave them better reception. They are not connected to any circuitry." text[number++] = "To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe. " text[number++] = "Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark." text[number++] = "In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves." text[number++] = "Only female bees work." text[number++] = "You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time!" text[number++] = "Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors." text[number++] = "Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land." text[number++] = "It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona." text[number++] = "Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)." text[number++] = "One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes." text[number++] = "The best diamonds are colored blue-white." text[number++] = "No one knows where Mozart is buried." text[number++] = "The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble." text[number++] = "Michael Keaton's original name is Michael Douglas." text[number++] = "Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms." text[number++] = "Black bears are not always black. They can be brown, cinnamon, yellow, and sometimes white." text[number++] = "'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia." text[number++] = "Muhammad is the most common name in the world." text[number++] = "Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!" text[number++] = "Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks. " text[number++] = "If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off. " text[number++] = "The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene." text[number++] = "Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'." text[number++] = "People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark." text[number++] = "It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary. " text[number++] = "All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!" text[number++] = "Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six." text[number++] = "A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime." text[number++] = "An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added." text[number++] = "Dirty snow melts faster than clean." text[number++] = "Opossums are immune to rattlesnake venom!" text[number++] = "A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber." text[number++] = "When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour." text[number++] = "Cold water weighs more than hot water." text[number++] = "Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women." text[number++] = "More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States." text[number++] = "Natural gas has no smell. The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them." text[number++] = "If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake." text[number++] = "One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States." text[number++] = "Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants." text[number++] = "The average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted!" text[number++] = "The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit." text[number++] = "Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick." text[number++] = "Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water." text[number++] = "The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth." text[number++] = "A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon." text[number++] = "It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota." text[number++] = "Rubber is one of the ingredients in bubble gum." text[number++] = "Flamingos pee on their legs to cool themselves off." text[number++] = "The average housewife walks 10 miles a day around the house doing her chores." text[number++] = "Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!" text[number++] = "The Chow and the Chinese Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have black tongues." text[number++] = "The United States produces more tobacco than it does wheat." text[number++] = "It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth." text[number++] = "There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C." text[number++] = "Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa." text[number++] = "Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable." text[number++] = "It is illegal for tourists to enter Mexico with more than 2 CD's!" text[number++] = "Austria was the first country to use postcards." text[number++] = "A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes." text[number++] = "There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world." text[number++] = "Each year, approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives." text[number++] = "Forty percent of Americans have never visited a dentist." text[number++] = "Neither the saxophone, the tuba, the coronet, nor the valve trumpet existed before 1800." text[number++] = "If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode." text[number++] = "Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air." text[number++] = "Women have a slightly higher average IQ than men." text[number++] = "It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily." text[number++] = "In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass." text[number++] = "No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second." text[number++] = "Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day." text[number++] = "Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog." text[number++] = "Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice." text[number++] = "Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray." text[number++] = "Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain." text[number++] = "The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail." text[number++] = "Astronauts cannot burp in space." text[number++] = "A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night." text[number++] = "The sting from a killer bee contains less venom than the sting from a regular bee!" text[number++] = "A rat can go without water longer than a camel can." text[number++] = "Cats cannot taste sweet things." text[number++] = "A male baboon can kill a leopard." text[number++] = "In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange." text[number++] = "There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month." text[number++] = "About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!" text[number++] = "Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf!" text[number++] = "One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!" text[number++] = "In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust." text[number++] = "If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there." text[number++] = "There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States!" text[number++] = "The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk." text[number++] = "Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!" text[number++] = "Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients." text[number++] = "Coffee beans aren't beans - they're fruit pits." text[number++] = "An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace." text[number++] = "The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68." text[number++] = "76% of Americans celebrate New Year's Eve in groups of less than 20." text[number++] = "None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)" text[number++] = "Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks." text[number++] = "More than 400,000 U.S. houses still lack indoor plumbing." text[number++] = "City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do." text[number++] = "Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water." text[number++] = "The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma." text[number++] = "'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'." text[number++] = "Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!" text[number++] = "A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not only sweat by salivating. They also sweat through the poors on their feet." text[number++] = "It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs." text[number++] = "On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year." text[number++] = "In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!" text[number++] = "The world�s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910." text[number++] = "97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine." text[number++] = "Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk!" text[number++] = "The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet." text[number++] = "The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!" text[number++] = "The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space." text[number++] = "The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people." text[number++] = "Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do." text[number++] = "A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment." text[number++] = "The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!" text[number++] = "Houdini was the first man to fly a plane solo in Australia." text[number++] = "X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait." text[number++] = "Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes." text[number++] = "A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!" text[number++] = "Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this." text[number++] = "An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer." text[number++] = "A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour." text[number++] = "Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive." text[number++] = "If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one." text[number++] = "It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown." text[number++] = "25% of your bones are located in your feet." text[number++] = "If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee." text[number++] = "Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour." text[number++] = "The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field." text[number++] = "The right lung takes in more air than the left." text[number++] = "All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator." text[number++] = "The human brain is insensitive to pain." text[number++] = "The word Eskimo literally means 'raw meat eater'." text[number++] = "Neanderthal man had a brain capcity 100cc larger than modern man's." text[number++] = "During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced." text[number++] = "80% of millionaires drive used cars." text[number++] = "While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness, only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it." text[number++] = "A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!" text[number++] = "Catgut comes from sheep not cats. " text[number++] = "A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away. " text[number++] = "Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead. " text[number++] = "The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off could throw a pickup truck over a mile. " text[number++] = "The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times. " text[number++] = "Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree." text[number++] = "In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed." text[number++] = "The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does." text[number++] = "Some breeds of chickens lay colored eggs!" text[number++] = "There was no punctuation until the 15th century." text[number++] = "15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes." text[number++] = "More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads." text[number++] = "Crocodile babies don't have sex chromosomes; the temperature at which the egg develops determines gender." text[number++] = "The higher the income, the more likely an American man will cheat on his wife." text[number++] = "The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off." text[number++] = "U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline." text[number++] = "Only 51% of South Carolina high school students will graduate, the lowest of any state." text[number++] = "Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth." text[number++] = "The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one." text[number++] = "The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m." text[number++] = "More than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15." text[number++] = "Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips." text[number++] = "The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!" text[number++] = "A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation." text[number++] = "The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!" text[number++] = "The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year." text[number++] = "It has been estimated that the fear of the number 13 costs Americans more than $1 billion per year!" text[number++] = "Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do." text[number++] = "Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air." text[number++] = "It takes twelve ears of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil." text[number++] = "10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river." text[number++] = "Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink." text[number++] = "Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink." text[number++] = "Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S." text[number++] = "The United kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined." text[number++] = "In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt." text[number++] = "Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. 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It can be propagated only by the hand of man." text[number++] = "Goat's milk is used more widely throughout the world than cow's milk." text[number++] = "Wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles." text[number++] = "Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water!" text[number++] = "Milk is heavier than cream." text[number++] = "Honey is the only food that will not spoil." text[number++] = "A hardboiled egg will spin. An uncooked or softboiled egg will not." text[number++] = "Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims." text[number++] = "At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!" text[number++] = "In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum." text[number++] = "The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven." text[number++] = "The Japanese commonly put ketchup on their rice." text[number++] = "There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants." text[number++] = "There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos." text[number++] = "No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States." text[number++] = "More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia." text[number++] = "The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach!" text[number++] = "Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine." text[number++] = "A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite." text[number++] = "The average housefly lives only two weeks." text[number++] = "Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake." text[number++] = "Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school." text[number++] = "Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!" text[number++] = "Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes." text[number++] = "The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875." text[number++] = "Most burglaries occur during the daytime!" text[number++] = "85% of movie actors earn less than $5,000 a year from acting!" text[number++] = "Armadillos can get leprosy." text[number++] = "Eskimos do not have a common written language." text[number++] = "Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan!" text[number++] = "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe!" text[number++] = "There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge." text[number++] = "Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!" text[number++] = "Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long." text[number++] = "Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis." text[number++] = "It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China." text[number++] = "The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the world." text[number++] = "In an average hour, there are over 61,000 Americans airborne over the United States." text[number++] = "The cigarette lighter was invented before the match." text[number++] = "You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!" text[number++] = "Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors." text[number++] = "Chained dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than unchained dogs." text[number++] = "Elephants are the only animals that can't jump." text[number++] = "Dog owners in Turin, Italy can be fined up to $650 if they don't walk their dog at least three times a day!" text[number++] = "A snail can sleep for three years." text[number++] = "A roach can live up to nine days without its head." text[number++] = "The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap." text[number++] = "Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese." text[number++] = "More people have a phobia of frogs than rats." text[number++] = "Males sweat 40% more than females." text[number++] = "Deep Breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics." text[number++] = "Ted Turner owns about 2% of New Mexico." text[number++] = "Rats can't vomit, that's why rat poison works." text[number++] = "More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines." text[number++] = "One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!" text[number++] = "Anteaters prefer termites to ants." text[number++] = "Sandra Bullock is allergic to horses!" text[number++] = "The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. " text[number++] = "Non-dairy creamer is flammable. " text[number++] = "A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length. " text[number++] = "Turkey's often look up at the sky during a rainstorm. Unfortunately some have been known to drown as a result. " text[number++] = "In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon." text[number++] = "Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour." text[number++] = "The most popular condom sold in Taiwan is only 4.2 inches long!" text[number++] = "There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea. " text[number++] = "If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation. " text[number++] = "The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children. " text[number++] = "Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1. 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Bush was once a cheerleader!" text[number++] = "Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots." text[number++] = "Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button." text[number++] = "All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room!" text[number++] = "Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water." text[number++] = "The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour." text[number++] = "99% of people cannot lick their elbow." text[number++] = "More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call." text[number++] = "Streets in Japan do not have names." text[number++] = "Most lipstick contains fish scales." text[number++] = "In Japan, it is completely acceptable to name your child �Buttocks� or �Prostitute�!" text[number++] = "Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!" text[number++] = "In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted �raw horse flesh� ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!" text[number++] = "The U.S. military�s dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine!" text[number++] = "Halle Berry�s stunt double, in the movie �Catwoman�, is a man." text[number++] = "The mother of the boy Michael Jackson is accused of abusing is named 'Janet Jackson'." text[number++] = "The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life." text[number++] = "80% of 10 year old girls in the U.S. go on a diet." text[number++] = "In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads." text[number++] = "Mussolini dodged the Italian draft." text[number++] = "Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second." text[number++] = "The average housefly weighs 10 to 15 millionths of a pound." text[number++] = "The U.S. founding fathers' name for the American Revolution was 'The War with Britain'." text[number++] = "An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long." text[number++] = "Until 1990, the deadly poison mercury was used in about 30% of latex paints!" text[number++] = "It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg." text[number++] = "All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why." text[number++] = "The average U.S. farm has 467 acres; the average Japanese farm has 3 acres." text[number++] = "For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt." text[number++] = "The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items." text[number++] = "41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular belief, the Eskimos do not have more words for snow than do speakers of English." text[number++] = "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there aren't any homes in North Dakota worth more than $1 million." text[number++] = "When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too." text[number++] = "Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class." text[number++] = "The first baseball caps were made of straw." text[number++] = "The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet." text[number++] = "Most of a hog's sweat glands are in its snout." text[number++] = "If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself." text[number++] = "The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher." text[number++] = "In 39 of the 50 U.S. states, the travel industry is the largest single employer." text[number++] = "Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels." text[number++] = "The country of Brazil is named after the brazil nut." text[number++] = "Flu shots only work about 70% of the time." text[number++] = "Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973." text[number++] = "Your home is ten times more likely to have a fire than be burglarized!" text[number++] = "Female canaries cannot sing." text[number++] = "Mushrooms are more closely related to humans and animals than to other plants!" text[number++] = "About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day." text[number++] = "Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star." text[number++] = "There are no rental cars in Bermuda." text[number++] = "A group of kangaroos is called a mob." text[number++] = "Pearls melt in vinegar." text[number++] = "WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!" text[number++] = "At birth, a panda bear is smaller than a mouse." text[number++] = "Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone." text[number++] = "By 3,000 B.C. there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt." text[number++] = "The most popular Campbell's Soup in Hong Kong is watercress and duck gizzard." text[number++] = "Spinach consumption in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931." text[number++] = "The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used." text[number++] = "In Colombia, one can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping!" text[number++] = "Women blink nearly twice as much as men." text[number++] = "Americans eat nearly 100 acres of pizza every day - that's approximately 350 slices per second!." text[number++] = "Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital." text[number++] = "The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado!" text[number++] = "Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously." text[number++] = "Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116." text[number++] = "35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!" text[number++] = "A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second." text[number++] = "C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars." text[number++] = "Originally Luke Skywalker was named Luke Starkiller." text[number++] = "The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds." text[number++] = "In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts." text[number++] = "Babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed." text[number++] = "Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents!" text[number++] = "While humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes!" text[number++] = "The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!" text[number++] = "Onions have no flavor, only a smell." text[number++] = "More people in China speak English than in the United States." text[number++] = "In Massachusetts you can be sent to jail for up to three years for cheating on your spouse!" text[number++] = "Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world." text[number++] = "Koala Bears are not bears." text[number++] = "Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents." text[number++] = "If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously." text[number++] = "The state of Florida is bigger than England." text[number++] = "There are no hog lips or snouts in SPAM." text[number++] = "All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives." text[number++] = "Baby beavers are called kittens." text[number++] = "You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!" text[number++] = "Ants don�t sleep." text[number++] = "An albatross can sleep while it flies!" text[number++] = "The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon." text[number++] = "By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks." text[number++] = "40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans." text[number++] = "Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike!" text[number++] = "Dragonflies can travel up to 60 mph." text[number++] = "The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old." text[number++] = "Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn�t a federal crime to assassinate the President." text[number++] = "Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!" text[number++] = "Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women. " text[number++] = "McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys!" text[number++] = "Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes. " text[number++] = "Large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump!" text[number++] = "A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year. " text[number++] = "The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary. They were named after a breed of dogs!" text[number++] = "Apples are actually part of the rose family. " text[number++] = "'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! " text[number++] = "According to legend, there�s a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld. " text[number++] = "Polar Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting. " text[number++] = "Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell. " text[number++] = "The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year. " text[number++] = "One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed. " text[number++] = "68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!" text[number++] = "Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker." text[number++] = "The Pacific island of Nauru�s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings." text[number++] = "If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top." text[number++] = "Iron weighs more after it rusts." text[number++] = "It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber." text[number++] = "A chameleon�s tongue is twice the length of its body." text[number++] = "The venom of a small scorpion is much more toxic than the venom of a large scorpion." text[number++] = "The �Big Dipper� is known as �The Casserole� in France." text[number++] = "Black Whales are born white." text[number++] = "If you�re over 100 years old, there�s an 80% chance you�re a woman." text[number++] = "On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth." text[number++] = "Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent." text[number++] = "All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide." text[number++] = "A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day." text[number++] = "J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands." text[number++] = "World�s heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs." text[number++] = "Mexico has more American residents than any other country except the United States. " text[number++] = "Drivers kill more deer than hunters." text[number++] = "Worms reportedly taste like bacon." text[number++] = "About 10% of U.S. households pay their bills in cash." text[number++] = "The average human body contains .1 mg of uranium, .2 mg of gold, and 7 mg of arsenic!" text[number++] = "Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply." text[number++] = "A real estate agent�s rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%. " text[number++] = "Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette. " text[number++] = "There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers. " text[number++] = "The U.S. eastern seaboard consumes almost 50% of all ice cream sandwiches. " text[number++] = "Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, blondes to brunettes. " text[number++] = "Sales of Rolaids, Alka-Seltzer, and Tums jump 20% in December " text[number++] = "Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month. " text[number++] = "Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984). " text[number++] = "Hummingbirds can't walk." text[number++] = "Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight." text[number++] = "Each year, the average family uses about 18,000 gallons of water just to do its laundry!" text[number++] = "More than 100 pizza box-related patents have been issued since 1976!" text[number++] = "Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!" text[number++] = "In 1956, 80% of all U.S. households had a refrigerator, but only 8% of British households had one!" text[number++] = "The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!" text[number++] = "There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes." text[number++] = "Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper." text[number++] = "All species of beetles are edible." text[number++] = "There is a city called Rome on every continent. " text[number++] = "Cats� urine glows under a black light." text[number++] = "Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients." text[number++] = "Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam." text[number++] = "First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil." text[number++] = "More people have seen David Copperfield perform live than any other performer in the world." text[number++] = "Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten." text[number++] = "Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third." text[number++] = "Identity crisis? About 10% of Jewish households have Christmas Trees." text[number++] = "Pancakes are commonly served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Australia." text[number++] = "Snowiest city in the U.S.: Blue canyon, California." text[number++] = "The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950." text[number++] = "Switzerland has the highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world." text[number++] = "Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn." text[number++] = "In what country will you find the most Universities? India." text[number++] = "Bluebirds cannot see the color blue." text[number++] = "Pumpkin rule of thumb: the darker the shell, the longer the pumpkin lasts." text[number++] = "Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them." text[number++] = "Even Antarctica has an area code. It�s 672." text[number++] = "The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles." text[number++] = "Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts." text[number++] = "Dolphins nap with one eye open." text[number++] = "If it isn�t moving a frog can�t see it. If the frog can�t see it, he won�t eat it." text[number++] = "On average, a person will spend about five years eating during his or her lifetime." text[number++] = "When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit." text[number++] = "It takes about a week to make a jelly bean." text[number++] = "Babies are born without knee caps. " text[number++] = "People who are lying to you tend to look up and to the left (their left). " text[number++] = "Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. " text[number++] = "It�s a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his elder sister�s daughter. " text[number++] = "If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court. " text[number++] = "Take your height and divide by eight. That�s how �tall� your head is." text[number++] = "50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them. " text[number++] = "Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration." text[number++] = "20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May. " text[number++] = "How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating. " text[number++] = "Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day." text[number++] = "Florida has more tornados per square mile than any other state." text[number++] = "In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast." text[number++] = "The state sport of Maryland is Jousting. " text[number++] = "A killer whale�s heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface. " text[number++] = "Cats� urine glows under a black light." text[number++] = "The height of a bowling pin is equal to its circumference." text[number++] = "Half of all Americans over the age of 55 have no teeth." text[number++] = "The city of San Francisco offers a free �sex-for-hire� class to its prostitutes!" text[number++] = "The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year." text[number++] = "When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight." text[number++] = "Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food." text[number++] = "The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001." text[number++] = "In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings." text[number++] = "If you�re typical, you can guess someone�s sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath." text[number++] = "Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment." text[number++] = "Only male fireflies can fly." text[number++] = "If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, and fail to receive medical attention, you still have a 50% chance of survival." text[number++] = "The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds." text[number++] = "Heineken beer is designed to 'foam' for exactly five minutes." text[number++] = "Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans!" text[number++] = "During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies." text[number++] = "A watermelon is a vegetable not a fruit." text[number++] = "80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!" text[number++] = "Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!" text[number++] = "Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime." text[number++] = "Every Alaskan citizen over the age of 6 months receives an oil dividend check of about $1000 per year!" text[number++] = "What you find when you shave the striped fur off of a tiger? Striped skin." text[number++] = "The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50." text[number++] = "15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake." text[number++] = "The U.S. Army accidentally ordered an 82 year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for troops in Europe." text[number++] = "Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water." text[number++] = "About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs. " text[number++] = "In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male." text[number++] = "Whoopi Goldberg�s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson." text[number++] = "Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana." text[number++] = "Nearly 50% of the world�s scientists are assigned to military projects." text[number++] = "Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin." text[number++] = "Avocados have more protein than any other fruit. " text[number++] = "Approximately one-third of the population can't snap their fingers!" text[number++] = "Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes." text[number++] = "Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute." text[number++] = "The average city dog lives three years longer than the average country dog. " text[number++] = "Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller. " text[number++] = "It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world. " text[number++] = "To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles�that�s where the word �testimony� comes from." text[number++] = "Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac." text[number++] = "Attics were invented in Attica." text[number++] = "Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne." text[number++] = "The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million." text[number++] = "Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't ." text[number++] = "35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually." text[number++] = "Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life." text[number++] = "A moth has no stomach." text[number++] = " The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com." text[number++] = " The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker. " text[number++] = " The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. " text[number++] = " The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman." text[number++] = " Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million. " text[number++] = " An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged." text[number++] = " A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. " text[number++] = " About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light." text[number++] = " Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic." text[number++] = " Buttermilk does not contain any butter." text[number++] = " All babies are color blind when they are born." text[number++] = " During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces." text[number++] = " Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever." text[number++] = " Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old. " text[number++] = " From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size. " text[number++] = " A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119." text[number++] = " A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine." text[number++] = " Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!" text[number++] = " Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War. " text[number++] = " There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!" text[number++] = " An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing wit