Amazing Facts -30

1. Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character

2. Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human

3. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process

4. Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country

5. In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza

6. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks

7. Bubble gum contains rubber

8. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover

9. In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married

10. The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.

11. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure

12. Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older

13.Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating

14. In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."

15. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE

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