Other Facts: (A very short portion of the list)
24. All English men over 14 are meant to carry out 2 hours (or so) of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.
25. All owls lay white eggs.
26. All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.
27. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom are not called that officially, but rather Ambassadors to the Court of St. James. The Court of St. James being the palace that was the residence of the monarch before Buckingham Palace was built.
28. An average pair of feet will sweat a pint of perspiration a day.
29. An elephant's trunk can hold two gallons of water.
30. An eyelash lives about 5 months.
31. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
32. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
33. Anteaters stick their tongues in and out 100 times per minute to slurp up food.
34. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
35. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate roasted turkey from foil packets at their first meal on the moon.
36. At 90 degrees below zero your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
37. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
38. Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.
39. Bananas contain about 75 percent water.
40. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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