| AMAZING FACTS - Part 2 |
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AMAZING FACTS - Part 2
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and
consequently died of starvation.
The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests
who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats
would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling
players to catch them.
The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some
gerbils are actually born pregnant.
Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing
prehensile penises.
Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even
though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered
copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
Polar bear
Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of
singer Barry White.
The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who
left his "signature" on the keyboard.
The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour
period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a
4-lane concrete freeway.
In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes
in contact with Pepsi.
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