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In our ongoing quest for wonderful facts about all manner of things, I have put together this list (with thanks to the Reader’s Digest Book of Facts), a great list of amazing human facts. These are the seventeen most wonderful fact, hopefully, are news to most of my readers! So, onwards:

1. No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
2. Blueberry juice boosts memory
3. When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut
4. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
5. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
6. Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
7. The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only.  (Please don’t send me corrections to add the penis; the penis is not a muscle).
8. We, as humans, forget 90% of our dreams
9. The percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the spread of color TV
10. Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss
11. Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog
12. Some Chinese believe that swinging the arms cures headaches
13. Coffee drinkers have more sex than non-coffee drinkers.  They also enjoy it more.
14. The city of Portland in Oregon was named after a coin toss in 1844.  Heads for Portland and tails for Boston. 
15. A queen bee lays 1500 eggs a day
16. No president of the United States was an only child for his parents
17. Pumice is the only rock that floats in water