Common Knowledge and General Knowledge Series #48

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Representations of butterflies are seen in Egyptian frescoes at Thebes, which are 3,500 years old.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They do not appear until the child reaches2-6 years of age.
Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
Eskimos have over 15 words for the English word of ‘Snow’
Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
“Ithyphallophobia” is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.
US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it does not digest itself.
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
The dot over the letter “I” is called a tittle.
Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.