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# LIT RDT RIT RWT FACT
21 1 Almonds are members of the peach family.
27 1 A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
54 1 The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.
55 1 A human brain weighs around 3 pounds.
98 1 When the moon is directly overhead you weigh slightly less.
103 1 Frowning burns more calories than smilling.
110 1 Frogs never drink.
111 1 Only male turkeys gobble.
119 1 The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
121 1 The only bird that can swim but not fly is the penguin.
124 1 Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time.
125 1 Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.
125 1 Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.
127 1 A hummingbird's heart beats 1,400 times a minute.
128 1 Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.
134 1 An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.
141 2 The square dance is the offcial dance of the state of Washington
148 1 The tallest man was 8 ft. 11 in.
150 1 1 The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.
152 1 In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph.
161 1 The first TV network kids show in the U.S. was "Captain Kangaroo."
162 1 The temp. of the sun can reach 15 million degrees F.
164 1 The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horse.
166 1 Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.
177 1 The first sailing boats where built in Egypt.
181 1 The first jukebox was located in San Francisco in 1899.
191 1 Popcorn was invented by the American Indians.
202 1 The mouth of the Statue of Liberty is 3 feet wide.
243 1 1 If you put all the streets in New York City in a straight line, they would stretch to Japan.
304 1 In 1900, 1/3 of all automobiles in New Yourk City were powered by electricity.
329 1 The world's first escalator was built in Coney Island NY, in 1896.
330 1 The top of the Empire State Building was originaly built as a place to anchor blimps.
344 1 Leonardo da Vinci discovered that a tree's rings reveal its age.
388 2 The first person in the U.S. arrested for speeding was a NYC cab driver.


LIT Lemon Iced Tea
RDT Red Tea (Acai Mixed Berry)
RIT Raspberry Iced Tea
RWT Raspberry White Tea