(The following have all been verified as true.)
Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
The term "bank teller" originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to "tell" throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.
The brand name "Jelly Belly" was created in 1982 after Nancy Reagan made a much-publicized quip about her husband's 20-pound weight gain.
The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.
The city of Slaughter, Texas (population: 11,284), has never had a homicide occur within its boundaries.
The curved shape of a hockey stick is a throwback to prehistoric use of mastodon tusks in a similar game.
Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
The first case of the common cold was diagnosed in 1611 in Stratford, England. The patient? John Common, who coincidentally gave his cold to William Shakespeare who said the new malady exacerbated his lovesickness, thereby inspiring several of his most fondly remembered sonnets.
"Hello Kitty" began as part of a covert propaganda campaign originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.
Ingesting small doses of ink over an extended period of time will change your eye color slightly.
When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.
If the current trend continues, by the year 2215 midgets will outnumber "normal-sized" people.
The top three names for female babies born in China last year were Huan Yue, Jia Li and -- unlikely as it seems -- Buffy.
There have been four documented cases of humans who have hibernated through an entire winter.
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