- At one time in Holland it took four years to train to be a 
hatmaker but only three years to train to be a surgeon....

- Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 
311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 
residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers....

- No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a 
department store immediately turn to the right....

- The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to 
describe an 11 story building....

- Adults average only one nightmare a year, but typically have 
seven sexual fantasies a day....

- There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are 
people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million....

- During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic 
of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies....

- The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern 
Morocco....  When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says, 
"Darling, you have stolen my liver."

- Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around. It 
doesn't matter whether they are in front, behind, or beside them....

- A small tribe named the Todas in southern India don't greet 
each other with a handshake, they thumb their noses....

- The host team in an NFL football game must have 26 footballs 
inflated and ready to play....

- The world's greatest lover was King Mongut of Siam. He had 
9,000 wives....  Before dying of syphilis he was quoted as 
saying he only loved the first 700....

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