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| 1) An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. |
| 2)Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse was introduced as the first talking cartoon character. |
| 3) A giraffe can go without drinking water longer than a camel. |
| 4) Cats have the ability to produce over one hundred vocal sounds. |
| 5) More than 100 years ago, the felt hat makers of England used mercury to stabilize wool. Most of them eventually were poisoned by the fumes, as demonstrated by the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Breathing mercury fumes over time will cause erethism, a disorder characterized by nervousness, irritability, and strange personality changes. |
| So what are YOU scared of? |
| Being alone? Then you, my friend, are ablutophobic, and your fear is ablutophobia! - Gary |
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