Trivia Factoids 19

Polar bears camouflage themselves more completely during a hunt by covering their black noses with their paws.

Polar bears' fur is not white, it's clear. Polar bear skin is actually black. Their hair is hollow and acts like fiber optics, directing sunlight to warm their skin.

One way to tell seals and sea lions apart is that, sea lions have external ears and testicles.

The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

An elephant can be pregnant for up to two years.

Reindeer like to eat bananas and rabbits love licorice.

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Mayonnaise was invented by the chef of the Duc de Richelieu in 1756.

The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.

Coca-Cola contains neither coca nor cola.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Trivia Factoids 17

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head" - Pinocchio is made of pine.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.

Kelsey Grammar, the star of the TV show called Frasier, also sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Frasier.

Trivia Factoids 16

Lion whiskers are unique - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

Cats in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have a very high probability of having six toes.

A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes.

Only humans and horses have hymens.

Trivia Factoids 15

Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.

The smallest port in Canada is Port Williams, Nova Scotia.

New Zealand is also the only country that contains every type of climate in the world.

The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

Fitchburg, Massachusetts is the second hillest city in the US.

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Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.

David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.

In Disney's "Fantasia", the Sorcerer's name is "Disney" spelled backwards: "Yensid."

The Andy Griffth Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.

In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's last name is Gail - you can see it on the mail box.

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The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.

"Quisling" is the only word in the English language to start with "quis."

All of the cobble stones that used to line the streets in New York were originally weighting stones put in the hulls of Belgian ships to keep an even keel.

Nepal is the only country without a rectangular flag (it looks like two pennants glued on on top of the other)

Libya has the only flag which is all one color with no writing or decoration on it.

The only borough of New York City that isn't an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx.