- Average life expectancy for English people in the 16th and 17th centuries was 39.7 years.
- Animal fact: Octopi have three hearts.
- Waaaaaaaah! The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying.
- Gas fact: Cockroaches fart every 15 minutes.
- Cool thought: If it’s 0°F today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
- King James I cited the health hazards of smoking in his “Counterblaste to Tobacco” in 1604.
- The first Girl Scout troop was organized in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912.
- Robert F. Kennedy’s 11th child, Rory Elizabeth, was born six months after his death.
- Run DMC was the first rap group to perform on TV’s “American Bandstand.”
- The Rolling Hills Country Club in Florida was the setting for the movie Caddyshack.
**From Uncle John's Bathroom Readers**
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