- According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
- Actor Tommy Lee Jones and former vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
- All porcupines float in water.
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- Almost a quarter of the land area of Los Angeles is taken up by automobiles.
- America once issued a 5-cent bill.
- Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
- An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
- An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
- Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.
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