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Bet You Never Knew
By TASHA PRIVANCA, Form 5 Science 1

Here’s an interesting list of trivia that I picked up from abook I bought recently. These facts are based on real surveys and are completely true. Believe me!

1. In a recent survey, 2.1% of nose pickers said they did it for ‘enjoyment’.

2. Kodak founder George Eastman hated to have his picture taken.

3. U.S. ‘paper’ money is 75% cotton and 25% silk.

4. Fish can get seasick.

5. Worldwide, about 20% of all married couples are first couples.

6. The amount of carbon in the human body could fill about 9,000 pencils.

7. John Lennon’s middle name was Winston.

8. Quotation marks are the newest addition to the English Language.

9. On October 6, 1999, the world’s population hit 6 billion (according to the U.N.)

10. Algae produce over half of the oxygen humans breathe.

11. Michael J. Fox’s middle name is Andrew.

12. The hardest item to flush down a toilet is a ping pong ball.

13. The first Hollywood film to show a toilet flush: Psycho (1960).

14. In her films, Shirley Temple always had 56 curls in her hair.

15. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer.