(1) Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the __expression "to get fired."
(2) Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
(3) Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
(4) Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
(5) Actor Tommy Lee Jones and US vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
(6) The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
(7) Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
(8) The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
(9) There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
(10) All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
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