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The original list of 101 random facts.

The fastest land animal is the Cheetah which can travel at up to 70mph (31.2m/s), it can only maintain this speed for approximately 200-300 yards though.
The second fastest animal is the pronghorn antelope that can travel at up to 61mph, the third is the split between the Wildebeest, Loin and Thomson Gazelle that can all travel around 50mph
The two most common passwords people chose are "123" and "password" in total they account together for around 7.5% of all passwords.
The Inland Taipan or the Fierce Snake is notorious for having the most potent venom of all known snakes.
The longest word is the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, it referes to a type of lung disease caused by silicon dioxide particles specifically form a volcano.
The longest word used by William Shakespeare is said to be honorificabilitudinitatibus used in Love's Labour's Lost.
The longest "word" used in a serious scientific context is 1185 letters long.
About half the lipstick a women puts on her lips she ingests, this means that the average women ingests about 1 to 3 sticks of lipstick per year.
The Nintendo Wii is much more environmentally friendly than its PS3 and Xbox 360 counterparts in terms of electrical consumption using only 17 watts when in use, that is compared to 171 and 194 used by the other two respectively. To give some comparison a fridge apparently uses only 14 watts.
The original Nintendo Game Boy has sold nearly 70 million units, the Game Boy Colour has sold just under 50 million units.

The Nintendo 64 sold just under 33 million units, while the original Sony Playstation sold around 102.5 million units.
The United States has had 43 presidents, including the current president George W. Bush.
There have been 20 officially made James Bond movies. Sean Connery has starred in 6 of those, Roger Moore in 7, Pierce Brosnan in 4, Timothy Dalton in 2, George Lazenby in 1 and the latest bond Daniel Craig has so far been in 1.
Blofeld has been played by various actors in four individual James Bond movies.
The first "Bond Girl" was played by Ursula Andress.
The Mayfair is worth £400 on a standard monopoly board, while the Old Kent Road is worth a measly £60.
On a standard US monopoly board instead of London place names, Atlantic City place names are used, Boardwalk replacing Mayfair. While the prices are in dollars, there is no currency conversion undertaken, with Boardwalk worth $400 (£200)
The odds of getting a Royal Flush in a game of poker are 1 : 649,750, the odds of getting a Straight Flush are 1 : 81,218
The highest value tiles in the board game Scrabble are Q and Z both worth 10 points each. The most frequent is E with each set containing 12.
The capital city of Croatia is Zagreb.

The capital city of Iceland is Reykjavik.
In terms of land mass Russia is the largest country covering over 6,592,812 square miles. The Vatican covers only 0.17 and Monoco 0.75.
The world's largest lake is the Caspian Sea, measuring in at 152,239 square miles. The second biggest lake, Lake Superior is only 31,820 square miles in comparison.
There are 44 landlocked countries.
Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world standing at 8,850m
Shanghai is the most populated city on the planet with almost 15m inhabitants.
China wins again for the most populated country on the planet with nearly 1.3bn inhabitants.
The 6,825km of the River Nile in Egypt make it the longest in the world.
There are 50 US states.
Salto Angel in Venuzula is the tallest waterfall in the world with a massive drop of 979 metres (that's almost an entire kilometre drop!)

Nestle is credited with the invention of instant coffee in 1937.
Erno Rubik invented and named the world famous cube after himself in 1975.
The world's longest suspension bridge will be the Messina bridge in Italy measuring in at 3300m. Currently the longest suspension bridge in operation is the Akashi Kaikyo in Japan which has a span of 1991 metres.
A category five hurricane will have a wind speed of over 156mph.
There are currently 192 member states of the United Nations.
World Ocean Day is held on the 8th of June every year.
AID was estimated to claim between 2.4 and 3.3 million lives in 2005.
There are twenty standard amino acids.
In its solid state carbon dioxide is known as dry ice.
The Preston Bypass was the first motorway to be built in the United Kingdom

The first service station to be built in the United Kingdom was on the M1 at the Watford Gap.
Hypersonic can sometimes be used to describe a vehicle that can travel at Mach 5 or above.
Acetylsalicylic acid is more commonly known as Aspirin
Vexillology is the study of flags.
Cerealogy is the study of crop circles.
The 2010 Football World Cup will be held in South Africa.
The traditional gift for a 30th wedding aniversary is pearl.
James Moriarty was a criminal mastermind in 2 Sherlock Homes stories.
According to the 12 Days of Christmas song 7 swans-a-swimming are given on the 7th day.
The first televised Queen's Speech was in 1957.

The average turtle can live for around 100 years.
Eating asparagus can make your urine smell funny.
The first scalextric in 1952 were clockwork.
According to Mass Spec Analytical about all banknotes british bank notes are contaminated with cocaine; one in 20 are contaminated with heroin or cannabis; and on average less than half are contaminated with ecstasy and amphetamines.
The average Italian consumes 28kgs of pasta a year.
The song used in the current (Summer 2008) UK Mangers advert is Galway Girl, originally by Steve Earle.
The Empire State building was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972.
Ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians all enjoyed pickled gherkins.
To create striped toothpaste, two tanks exist in the toothpaste tube, which prevent the two colours of toothpaste mixing, until they are force out of the top.
Pure gold is non toxic and a non-irritant when ingested.

The deep purple, red colour of beetroot is due to betalain pigments.
There are 25 episodes in season 9 of the Simpsons, at current there are 420 episodes in total of the show.
Bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.
The term "laser" is an acronym for "Light Amplification of Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
The wavelength of the colour blue is from 440nm to 490nm
Four Presidents of the United States have been assissinated: John F Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinley.
In some countries stuffed cow's eye is considered a delicacy.
The greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10,924m, and is located in the Pacific Ocean.
13.22% of the world's population speak Mandarian Chinese, only 4.68% of the world's population can speak English.
There are 94 nations or other entities that are islands that border no other countries.

The biggest ball of twine in the world is located in Darwin, Minnesota, it weighs 17,400 pounds (7.9 metric tonnes).
The world's largest thermometer is located in Baker, California and is 134ft tall.
The world's largest donught was an apple fritter that weighed 5,000 pounds and had a 95 feet diamter.
The confirmation sign "FAB" in Thunderbirds does not stand for anything.
The J. in Michael J. Fox does not stand for anything, Michael J. Fox did not want to use his actual middle name Andy, for fear of being called Michael, A Fox!
Denver, Colorado is the 26th most populous city in the United States.
Bill Clinton used the Fleetwood Mac song "Don't Stop" for his 1992 Presidential campaign, Al Gore used the Paul Simon song "You can call me Al" for his presidential and vice presidental bid.
The "Miracle Fruit" when spread on the tongue has the ability to trick the tongue into thinking that bitter and sour thing eaten later are sweet, such as Lemons and Limes.
The muscles that control the movement of the human eyes are though to be 100x stronger than they really need to be.
The most well known Pokemon and mascot of the franchise is Pikachu.

London Underground has 268 stations and approximately 250 miles of track.
The .tv domain name infact is leased out by the island Tuvalu.
The highest score possible in Snooker is 147 (without the other player fouling).

To Be Continued!