The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

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