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Ok, I can see not much has been added since my last post lol. So, I've collected a few more tidbits to share. Here goes:

• Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
• Greece's national anthem consists of a total of 158 four line verses.
• When you lick a stamp, you consume approx one-tenth of a calorie.
• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes
• The laryngeal prominence is more commonly known as the adams apple
• It was quite common for the men of Ancient Greece to excercise in public - naked! (the olympics itself used to be a men-only occasion and the contestants were completely naked)
• The largest muscle in the human body is the buttock muscle ("Gluteus Maximus)
• The statue of Liberty's nose is 1.48 M in length
• A sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.
• Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightening than women!
• The movie "Psycho" was the first Hollywood film to show a toilet flushing.
• Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
• A baseballer by the name of Jim Wohlford was once quoted as saying, "Ninety percent of the game is half mental" !!!! Now, how does that work??? lol