The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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The Pacific island of Nauru?s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.
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23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
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On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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More than 400,000 U.S. houses still lack indoor plumbing.
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According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.
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Over 70,000 different water contaminants have been identified.
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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
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In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
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Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
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Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales!
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Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
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You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood.
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A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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Worms reportedly taste like bacon.
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A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
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Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
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In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes.
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More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss!
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All species of beetles are edible.
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On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
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At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism!
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15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.
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Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.
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Hyenas regularly eat the feces of other animals!
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The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning!
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The U.S. military?s dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine!
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Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.
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After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
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One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
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In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who could fart the loudest and longest!
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