- New York was once called New Amsterdam.
- Rats and mice are ticklish, and even laugh when tickled.
- The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
- A species of moth has the best hearing in the world.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
- A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm.
- Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish.
- Humans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime).
- You will experience the billionth seconds of your life when you are 31 years old.
- Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year.
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