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You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!

Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
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  • Barbie’s life-size measurements would be 39-23-33, standing 7 feet 2 inches tall, with a neck twice as long as a normal human. 
  • Prawns breed at a ratio of seven females to one male. 
  • You have 100 trillion nerve connections in your brain! Each neuron has ‘branches’ that connect to other neurons and that’s how information is transmitted. 
  • The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 
  • 150 years ago it took 25 men all day to harvest and thresh a ton of grain. With a combine harvester, a single person can do it in six minutes – a 2500-percent increase in productivity. 
  • ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand – and ‘lollipop’ with your right.
  • Average calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska’s annual Iditarod race: 10,000.
  • Around 17% of people who read this list will try typing the word ‘lollipop’ using only their right hand.
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