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OUCH!
Average Healing Times
For Pierced Body Parts
1. Navel -- 4 to 12 months healing time
2. Tongue -- 4 weeks healing time
3. Earlobe -- 6 to 8 weeks healing time
4. Nostril -- 2 to 4 months healing time
5. Eyebrow -- 6 to 8 weeks healing time
6. Lip -- 2 to 3 months healing time
Source: Children's Hospital
(Boston)
NIPPED IN THE BUDS
Other Show Titles
Considered for ``Friends''
1. Considered ``Insomnia Cafe''
2. Considered ``Six of One''
3. Considered ``Across the Hall''
4. Considered ``Friends Like Us''
Source: ``The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time''
(Alison Gwinn, Editor, Entertainment Weekly Books, 1998)
HAVE A YEN?
Nine Ice Cream Flavors
You Can Find in Japan-x
1. Chicken wing ice cream
2. Sea slugs ice cream
3. Ox Tongue ice cream
4. Fried Eggplant ice cream
5. Octopus ice cream
6. Sea urchin ice cream
7. Noodle ice cream
8. Pickled orchid ice cream
9. Shrimp ice cream
x-Great amounts of brandy used to kill fishy smell in fish dishes
Source: Wall Street Journal and Mainichi Daily News
NO CASH COWS?
Prices Paid For Selected
Animals on Black Market
1. Chimpanzee -- $50,000
2. Komodo dragon -- $30,000
3. Chinese alligator -- $15,000
4. Spider tortoise -- $2,000
5. Boelen's python -- $3,500
6. Tuatara (lizard) -- $30,000
7. Lear's macaw -- $60,000
8. Ploughshare tortoise -- $30,000
Source: World Features Syndicate
WHO'S GOT THE KEYS?
Who Really Owns Selected
Luxury Car Companies
1. Rolls Royce -- owned by Volkswagen
2. Lamborghini -- owned by Volkswagen
3. Volvo -- owned by Ford
4. Aston Martin -- owned by Ford
5. Saab -- owned by General Motors
6. Jaguar -- owned by Ford
7. Maserati -- owned by Ferrari
8. Bentley -- owned by Volkswagen
Source: www.hoovers.com
LET MY PEOPLE STAY
Cushy-Sounding Jobs With the
Royal Government in Ancient Egypt
1. Overseer of beef fat
2. Overseer of ladies of the harem
3. Overseer of the duck pond
4. Inspector of dancers
5. Director of hairdressers
6. Royal Sandal-Bearer
Source: ``The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Egypt''
(Dr. Donald P. Ryan, Alpha Books, 2002)
BY DEFINITION
Established Numbers
1. A riot -- 3 or more people
2. Supermarket -- at least 12,000 square feet
3. Desert -- rainfall less than 10 inches yearly
4. Skyscraper -- habitable building over 500 feet tall
5. Rope -- over 5 1/2 inches in diameter-x
x-Anything smaller is cord, twine, or thread
Source: World Features Syndicate
SMALL TALK
Seven Other Names Considered
For Disney's Seven Dwarfs
1. Dirty
2. Daffy
3. Blabby
4. Gloomy
5. Weepy
6. Hungry
7. Shifty
Source: ``Behind the Scenes''
(Rudy Behlmer, Samuel French Publishing, 1990)
WEEK ECONOMY
Today's Highest-Paid Athletes-x
1. NBA -- Kevin Garnett earns $538,462 per week
2. MLB -- Alex Rodriguez earns $480,769 per week
3. NFL -- Michael Strahan earns $396,153 per week
4. NHL -- Jaromir Jagr earns $211,528 per week
5. NHL -- Peter Forsberg earns $211,528 per week
x-Base salaries only, through Jan. 31, 2004
Source: World Features Syndicate
GOOD FOR WHAT ALED THEM
What Anheuser-Busch Made
During Prohibition, 1920-1933
1. Grape soda
2. Ginger ale
3. Truck bodies
4. Refrigeration units
5. Bevo (nonalcoholic beer)
6. Ice cream
Source: World Features Syndicate
HOME SWEET HOME
Bacteria Among Us
1. Bacteria on skin of adult -- 300 million
2. Bacteria living in human mouth -- 100 million
3. Bacteria breathed in daily -- 100,000
4. Bacteria in large intestine -- 70 trillion-x
x-Aids digestion
Source: World Features Syndicate
SING-ULAR SUCCESSES
Real Names of 7 Singers
1. Mya -- real name Mya Marie Harrison
2. Dido -- Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong
3. Aaliyah -- Aaliyah Dani Haughton
4. Eve -- Eve Jihan Jeffers
5. Jewel -- Jewel Kilcher
6. Moby -- Richard Melville Hall
7. Beck -- Beck Hansen
Source: World Features Syndicate
DOES UNDERWEAR GO STALE?
Items That Have Been Sold in Vending Machines
1. Underwear
2. Holy water
3. Beetles
4. Leeches
5. Peeled oranges
6. Raw eggs
7. Live shrimp
8. Marijuana
Source: www.chaparraltree.com
CATCH AS CATCH CAN
Animal Hunting Success Ratios
1. Cheetahs -- kill 2 of 3 small animals chased*
2. African lions -- kill 1 of 4 animals chased
3. Timber wolves -- kill 1 of 10 animals chased
4. Snow leopards -- kill 1 of 3 animals chased
5. Siberian tigers -- kill 1 of 5 animals chased
6. Cats -- kill 1 of 10 birds chased
*Cheetahs kill 1 of 3 large animals chased
Source: World Features Syndicate
PEANUT PLACES
1. Upper Peanut, Pa. -- population 14
2. Lower Peanut, Pa. -- population 15
3. Peanut, Calif. -- population 35
4. Peanut, Tenn. -- population, 102
5. Peanut, Pa. -- population 200
6. Peanut, W.Va. -- population 3,036
Source: Peanut Advisory Board
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