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eTeddybear found some interesting information that you really need to know.

• The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.
• Stephen Baldwin worked in a pizza parlor.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme delivered pizzas.
• Bill Murray was a pizza maker.
• Madonna worked at Dunkin’ Donuts.
• Julia Roberts worked in an ice cream parlor.
• Queen Latifah worked at Burger King.
• Andie McDowell worked at McDonalds, as did Quintin Tarentino.
• Jennifer Aniston worked as a waitress in a burger cafe.
• Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
• Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.
• The no. 1 food ordered by women in restaurants is french fries.
• Coffee originated from the Arabic word “qahwah”.
• Almonds are a member of the peach family.
• Americans eat approximately 10kg of tomatoes yearly, over half of which is in the form of catsup and tomato sauce.
• Apple is made of 25% air that is why they float.
• Carrots were originally purple in color, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties.
• Celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains.
• Cereal as a word is derived from the name of the Roman goddess Ceres, protector of crops.
• Cherries are a member of the rose family.
• Chewing gum may keep you slim by boosting the metabolic rate by about 20%.
• Chewing gum stimulates signals in the learning center of the brain and thus help save memory as you age.
• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
• Strawberries are the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin.
• Yelling for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days produces enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
• The word “Christmas” means “Mass of Christ,” later shortened to “Christ-Mass.” The even shorter form “Xmas” – first used in Europe in the 1500s – is derived from the Greek alphabet, in which X is the first letter of
  Christ’s name: Xristos, therefore “X-Mass.”
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
• Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions!
• It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
• Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.
• The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.
• Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.
• The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
• Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.
• Every second, three Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
• The first Barbie doll sold for $3.
• Barbie’s full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
• An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
• More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.
• Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gadsby” which contains over 50,000 words — none of them with the letter E’.
• Smelling bananas or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.
• The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’.
• The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’ and ‘Q’ is the least used.
• Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints.
• The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old.
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.