- Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7.
- Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3
- Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon
- Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for
Profiles in Courage
- Only President awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of
buoying vessels over shoals
- Only food that does not spoil: honey
- Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question:
Dr. Joyce Brothers (subject is boxing)
- Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird
- Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica
- Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig
- Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
- An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
- In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
- Polar bears are left-handed.
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China
in 1910.
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