Classmate Facts # 98 - Tickle me, please!

1. Humans and chimpanzees share similar ticklish areas of the body, such as the armpits and belly!

2. Rats can live without water longer than camels can!

3. The inventor of coca-cola originally intended the soft drink to be a medicine available without prescription!

4. A cat's nose print is as unique as our fingerprint!

5. The United States and Russian militaries have trained dolphins to rescue lost divers!

Classmate Facts # 97 - Amazing Facts!

1. Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

2. The typewriter was invented by Hungarian Immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.

3. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Classmate Facts # 96 - Amazing Facts!

1. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

2. Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with his ability to send any more spam.

3. A female mackeral (a fish) can lay 500,000 eggs at one time!

Classmate Facts # 95 - Believe it or Not

1. Paper was invented early in the second century by a Chinese Eunuch.

2. The first person to receive a singing telegram was singer Rudy Vallee, in honour of his 32nd birthday, July 28th 1933.

3. The longest one-word syllable in the English language is Screeched.

4. In Shakesphere's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattresses tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "Goodnight, Sleep Tight."

Classmate Facts # 94 - Think Practical

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

2. Beware! Your bed at home could have more than 6 billion dust mites.

3. Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popcorn per year! The average American eats about 68 quarts!

Classmate Facts # 93 - Remember the Time

1. Did you know that the first living creature to travel to space was Laika, a Russian Dog, in 1957?

2. Alexander the Great discovered the banana in 327 B.C. when he conquered India.

3. Pumpkin was once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites!

Classmate Facts # 92 - Silence Please

1. Only human beings sleep on their backs.

2. In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

3. Table cloths were originally meant to be used as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.