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what about the fact that the pestisides used in growing grain becomes highly concentrated inside the meat. And factory farms are big methane pumps for our atmosphere.

A few more:

- A duck's quack doesn't echo.
- In medieval times animals could be tried for the same crimes as people.
- Table salt is the only commodity that hasn’t risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.
- The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
- A snail can sleep for 3 years.
- Honey is nearly impervious to spoilage.

Honey can crystallize on aging though, and then can be sucked on like caramel. Hmmm...

It can be made syrupy again by putting it in a Maria bath, btw.

"Weird" Al Yankovic received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1981. He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16.

There are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building.

The Bank of Vernal, in Vernal, Utah (where else?) is the only bank in the world that was built from bricks sent through the mail. Way back in 1919 the builders realized that it was cheaper to send the bricks through the United States Postal System (seven bricks to a package) than to have them shipped commercially from Salt Lake City.
Source: The Best, Worst, & Most Unusual by Bruce Felton and Mark Fowler, 1994, Galahad Books

From space, the brightest man-made place is Las Vegas, Nevada.

The closest land relatives to dolphins are thought to be cows, pigs and deer.

The largest dolphin is the orca, sometimes called the Killer Whale.

Yay!

The venom of the Daddy Long Leg spider is extremely deadly, yet because of it's tiny mouth, this spider is harmless to humans.

I thought this was true for a long time, but Snopes says otherwise:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp

- Prohibition didn't end until 1966 in Mississippi.
- There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio. They are all man-made.
- Michigan borders no ocean but has more lighthouses than any other state.
- Oregon has the most ghost towns of any state.
- There are more English speakers in China than there are in the US.
- An exocannibal is a cannibal who eats only enemies. An indocannibal eats only friends. (Make sure you check the next time you visit some parts of New Guinea).

1. Norway with 83,281km has a longer coastline than USA, which has 19,924km(incl. Alaska). Norway has approx 1/30th of the land area of USA.

2. The oldest parliament in the world is in Iceland. The Althing was founded in 930AD. The oldest continuously active parliament however is the Manx Parliament, Isle of Man, England, which was founded in circa 1000AD. As of 2008, 37% of member of the Norwegian parliament are women.

3. According to legend, the flag of Scotland dates to 832AD, making it the oldest flag in the world.



4. Despite having less population than the European union, USA has twice the energy consumption.

5. The first coast to coast drive in America was made in 1903 by Dr. Horatio Jackson in a 20hp Winton automobile

Dolphins have to be conscious to breath so they can't go into a full, deep sleep (they would suffocate). Dolphins let one half of their brain sleep at a time.

A dolphin brain weighs 3.5 pounds. A human brain weighs about three pounds.