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There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.


The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.


About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.


The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."


Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.


The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.


In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.


Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.


Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.


The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.


Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.


A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.


Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.


Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"


In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.


The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, by a Russian peasant woman.


The average person laughs 15 times a day.


A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.


There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.


Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."


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