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* - A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
* - A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
* - A whale's penis is known as a "Dork".
* - According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
* - An fully grown adult eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
* - Black cats are considered lucky in England.
* - Cat urine glows under a black light.
* - Cockroaches are exactly the same now as they were over 250,000,000 years ago.
* - Cows poop an average of 16 times per day.
* - Feeding Alka-Seltzer to a seagull will cause its stomach to explode.
* - Horses are unable to puke.
* - In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
* - It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
* - Large amounts of onion can destroy your dog's red blood cells, causing anemia.
* - Male chimpanzees are 5 times hornier than the average male human.
* - Male horses can ejaculate as quickly as 14 seconds.
* - Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.
* - Most polar bears are left-handed.
* - 40,000 people die each year, worldwide, from snake bites.
* - A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
* - A group of goats is called a "Trip".
* - Music is known to help cows with the production of milk.
* - The Alpine black salamander has a gestation period of 38 months!
* - The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
* - The largest jellyfish has a bell that can reach 2.4 meters across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field.
* - The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
* - The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,000 people
* - You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.
* - A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle.
* - A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off finally succumbing to starvation.
* - A shrimp's heart is in their head.
* - After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again.
* - Elephants will sometimes remain standing after they are dead.
* - In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
* - A caterpillar has over 2,000 muscles in its entire body.
* - The average person has over 1,400 dreams per year.
* - The venom of the king cobra is so deadly, that one gram of it can kill 159 people, and just handling it can put you in a coma.
* - Termites are affected by music. They will eat your house twice as fast if you play loud music.
* - The ancient Romans dyed their hair with bird droppings.
* - A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
* - "Panophobia" is the fear of everything.
* - The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
* - A snail can sleep for three years.
* - About 17% of all people are left handed.
* - An alligator will go through as many as 3,000 teeth during its lifetime.
* - Adults average just one nightmare per year.
* - The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
* - The longest earthworm ever found was 22 feet long.
* - King Louis XIV bathed just three times during his lifetime.
* - A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.