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26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.<br> <br>
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).<br> <br>
28. Camel's have three eyelids. <br> <br>
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day. <br> <br>
30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. <br> <br>
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister. <br> <br>
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.<br> <br>
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.<br> <br>
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.<br> <br>
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses. <br> <br>
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. <br> <br>
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.<br> <br>
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce". <br> <br>
39. Slugs have four noses. <br> <br>
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. <br> <br>
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil). <br> <br>
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows. <br> <br>
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT,) <br> <br>
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing. <br> <br>
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.<br> <br>
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States. <br> <br>
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. <br> <br>
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax". <br> <br>
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess. <br> <br>

Comments (4)

Mott Marvin Kornicki
Waterway Realtors® • Notary Public & Apostille - Sunny Isles, FL
Miami Notary & Apostille 786-229-7999

Interesting bits of information.

Residents of Nevada bet an average of $846 a year in gambling casinos.

Apr 30, 2008 08:24 AM
Jeffrey deJESUS
eXp Realty of California Inc. - Daly City, CA
Realtor®
Nice! haha thanks for the tips!
Apr 30, 2008 08:44 AM
The Entire Team of Price & Company Professionals
Price & Company Realty - Myrtle Beach, SC
Travis, thanks for such an interesting list of facts and trivia.  Look forward to #50 and beyond!
Apr 30, 2008 08:44 AM
Vicente A. Martinez
Prudential Douglas Elliman Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - Woodhaven, NY
Realtor, Brooklyn - Long Island - Queens Homes

Hi Travis. Thanks for sharing the trivia and great tips for icebreakers! Keep them coming.

Apr 30, 2008 09:17 AM