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Mar
02

News of Odd Proportions

  • 68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air.
  • Iron weighs more after it rusts.
  • The venom of a small scorpion is much more toxic than the venom of a large scorpion.
  • The Big Dipper is known as The Casserole in France.
  • Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.
  • Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
  • Women digest most of the lipstick they apply.
  • Henry Ford created the automobile as well as the charcoal briquette.
  • The U.S. eastern seaboard consumes nearly 50% of all ice cream sandwiches.
  • Hummingbirds can’t walk.
  • There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than in the actual cornflakes.
  • Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
  • Pancakes are commonly served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Australia.
  • Blue canyon, California is the snowiest city in the United States.
  • India has the most universities in the world.
  • Antarctica has an area code: 672.
  • On average a person will spend about five years eating during his or her lifetime.
  • When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.

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