forget info about me, you'll neither read, care or remember any of it. so here's some random useless info!
*colgate toothpaste struggled in spanish speaking countries when it was first released because loosely translated in spanish means 'go hang yourself'.
*the sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
*google got its name by playing on the word googol, which is short for the number ten duotrigintillion (10 to the power of 100, or for those that still dont get it, 10 followed by 100 zeros).
*every square inch of the human body has on average 50 million bacteria on it.
*the first parachute was invented by leonardo da vinci.
*other than hawaii and puerto rico, no coffee is grown in the u.s.
*celery has negative calories. it takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has to begin with.
*the hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
*the hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
*pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word found in an english dictionary.
*Alfred hitchcock suffered from ovaphobia. this is a morbid fear of eggs
*betty rubble was not part of the flintstone vitamins until 1996 when fans began to create overwhelming pressure to include her.
*the shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes
*peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite
*it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp in atlanta georgia
*bananas were the original filling in twinkies. it wasn't until the u.s. had a banana shortage during world war 2 that they replaced the filling with vanilla flavoured cream.
*more monopoly money is printed every day than actual money is printed in the u.s. treasury
*maine is the only u.s. state that has 1 syllable
*the cucumber is 96% water, meaning only 4% is actual cucumber
*in saudi arabi a woman can file for divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee
*donald duck comics were banned from finland at one point because he doesn't wear pants
*there are no words in the english language that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver
*a rainbow can only be seen the morning or late after noon because the sun cannot be more than 40 degrees above the horizon.
*Imax was invented in 1967 by canadian Ivan Ferguson to premier at expo 67 in montreal.
THE passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct, and giving his actions the morality they had formerly lacked. Then only, when the voice of duty takes the place of physical impulses and right of appetite, does man, who so far had considered only himself, find that he is forced to act on different principles, and to consult his reason before listening to his inclinations. Although, in this state, he deprives himself of some advantages which he got from nature, he gains in return others so great, his faculties are so stimulated and developed, his ideas so extended, his feelings so ennobled, and his whole soul so uplifted, that, did not the abuses of this new condition often degrade him below that which he left, he would be bound to bless continually the happy moment which took him from it for ever, and, instead of a stupid and unimaginative animal, made him an intelligent being and a man.
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