• The world meat supply would increase by 4.2 times if ranches switched from cattle to emu using the same acreage.
• Overall, roosters only represent 1.9 percent of animals portrayed artistically. They are however, the most likely animal to be artistically depicted in an American kitchen, beating out pigs by a narrow margin.
• Due to a loophole in state law, Minnesota is required to provide "ret. vet." license plates to retired veterinarians.
• Scientists at Texas A & M University who accidentally genetically engineered a flying chicken in 2005, were required by the department of agriculture to destroy the experiment notes and had to destroy the chick, as well.
• An average person is 41 percent more talkative in an environment where people can be seen dancing.
• Despite its "Big Apple" nickname, New York City has the lowest per capita apple consumption of the ten largest cities in world.
• Aardvarks blink only once every ten minutes.
• 2.6 percent of Microsoft Word users do not know how to change the font in Word.
• Eight percent of Russians believe The Terminator is an American documentary film.
• A teaspoon of concentrated household dust mite allergen is more lethal than a teaspoon of cobra venom.
• Of all the salt mined and otherwise produced in the world, the percentage used for culinary and dining purposes is less than one one-thousandth of one percent.
• The least popular color in a 64 count box of Crayola crayons is blue-violet.
• If the world's oceans were evaporated and all the salt in them evenly distributed across the planet, it would coat the entire surface to a depth of 2.4 feet.
• The British Shorthair is the only type of cat that can be taught how to play the harmonica.
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