Amazing-but-True Facts!

• In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
  
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• The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
  
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• The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.
  
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• Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
  
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• Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
  
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• The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
  
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• Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
  
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• SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
  
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• Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.
  
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• Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
  
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• Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
  
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• The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
  
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• The Air Force's F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly.
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• You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
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• Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water।
• Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.