Amazing Facts - 2

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  In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money.
• In 1967, the IMAX film system was invented by Canadian Ivan Grame Ferguson to premier at Expo 67.
• Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
• Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
• The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail
• Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw
• A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
• There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
• The first TONKA truck was made in 1947
• In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year
• Sugar Bear (the mascot for Golden Crisps cereal) was born in 1963
• The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
• Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels
• For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America
• Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales
• Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else