1. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At the time, the most well known player on the market was Victrola, so considering the automobile industry they decided to call themselves Motorola.

2. Charlie Chaplin once won 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

3. The first CD to ever be pressed in the United States was Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA.

4. The Guinness Book of World Records currently holds the record for being the book most often stolen from libraries.

5. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

6. Bats ALWAYS turn left when exiting a cave.

7. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

8. Roses are red and violets are, indeed, violet- not blue.

9. The original name for a butterfly was flutterby.

10. If one were to place a tiny amount of alcohol on a scorpion it will go mad and sting itself to death.

11. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

12. The name "Wendy" was completely made up for the story Peter Pan. There has been no record of the name used ever before that.

13. During the chariot scene in the movie "Ben Hur", you will see a small red car in the distance. Oops!

14. A 2"x4" board is really a 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" board.

15. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a male to mate with.

16. If you put a raisin in a glass of fresh champagne, you will see it bounce up and down continuously from top to bottom over and over again. I wonder why it does that?

17. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks or it will digest itself.

18. A rat can live longer without water than a camel.

19. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

20. It take the average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.

21. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

22. The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

23. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

24. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the whole world.

25. A dime has 118 ridges around it's edge.

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