14 MORE AMAZING BUT TRUE FACTS by ANDREW GOFF:
113. If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.
114. When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
115. In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models' turn-ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to rationing of metal.
116. Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
117. Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
118. The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
119. Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.
120. In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
121. It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
122. The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers.
123. The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features.
The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.
124. The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
125. The Mongolian pony is the only animal other than an elephant capable of fending off an attack by a healthy adult tiger.
126. Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in other forms.
Ghandi. No joke.