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| White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (formerly of the Monkees). |
| When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. |
| When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. |
| When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. |
| Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that this was the day of the changeover. |
| Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee. |
| Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. |
| To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly. |
| Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. |
| Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. |
| There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses. |
| There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. |
| There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. |
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