Berta's Useless Facts

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A sick pig rarely curls it's tail.

A woodpeckers tongue is long enough to wrap it around his head 2 times.

Ants prefer not to walk through baby powder.

Snakes can't blink.

A Rat can tread water for 3 days.

A Snail takes 33 hours to crawl 1 mile.

The bigger the naval, the sweeter the orange.

The dot over the lower case i is called a Tittle.

In an average lifetime the human heart circulates 55 million gallons of blood.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

It is illegal in the state of Kentucky to marry your wife's grandmother.

If a frog's mouth is held open too long the frog will suffocate.

Kokomo Indiana is the home of canned tomato juice.

Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite.

In an average lifetime the average American receives 31 prank phone calls.

Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

At the first Thanksgiving dinner Lobster was one of the main entrees.

No word in the English Language rhymes with month.

Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy Ketchup.

A duck's quack does not echo.

The ashes of an average cremated person weighs 9 lbs.

The signs around HTML Tags are called Angle Braces.

Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

Oak trees do not have acorns until they are 50 years or older.

Shirley Temple always had 56 curls in her hair.

Corduroy comes from the French, meaning cloth of the king.

The dial tone of a normal phone is in the key of F.

Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21.

An office chair with wheels travels 8 miles a year.

Howdy Doody has exactly 48 freckles on his face.

Bubble Gum contains rubber.

33 million Hershey Kisses are made each day.

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

An animal epidemic is called a epizootic.

If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

Camel's milk does not curdle.

A cat has 4 rows of whiskers.

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer name is Yensid which is Disney backwards.

Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

The space between the 2 front teeth is called a diastima.

Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

The geographical center of North America is Rugby North Dakota.

Dirty Harry's badge # is 2211.

The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

The dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

Professional ballerinas use about 12 pair of toe shoes per week.

Race car is a palindrone.

The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as philtrums.

Ralph Kramden made $62.00 a week.

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