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1. What is the only planet in our solar system that spins clockwise?: Venus 2. How often does Pitbull say "baby" in his single "Fireball"?: 24 3. What was the longest recorded flight of a chicken?: 13 seconds 4. In 1740, what animal did a French judge find guilty of sorcery?: a cow 5. How long is the tongue of a Giraffe?: 20 inches 6. What is Somniloquy?: sleeptalking 7. The unicorn is the national animal of which country?: Scotland 8. What is an anthomaniac?: someone who is obsessed with flowers 9. What do you call a group of toads?: knots 10. Cats are felines, what are Ducks?: anserines 11. Where and what was the hottest ever recorded temperature on Earth?: July 1913 In Death Valley, CA - it hit 134ºF 12. What is trepanning?: An ancient technique where a hole was cut in the skull with a knife or stone ax with no anesthetic to treat headaches or spirits. A variation is used today to reduce pressure between brain and skull when there is bleeding. 13. What was an early way of making chocolate by the Mayans in Mexico?: - Around 600 AD, Mayans would crush cocoa beans into a paste and add spices to create a refreshing but bitter drink 14. What does it mean when a statue of a person on a horse has one front leg in the air?: In statues of men on horseback, one foot raised means they died from injuries sustained from battle, two front feet raised means they died heroically in battle and all the horse's feet on the ground means they died of natural causes 15. What's the morbid origin of the term "rule of thumb"?: An old English law stated that a husband could not beat his wife with an object wider than a thumb 16. What are the metal or plastic tips on shoelaces called?: aglets 17. In which year did the Titanic sink?: 1912 18. Which siege engine means "wild donkey"?: onager 19. What scientist studies beetles?: Coleopterist 20. What shape has 19 sides?: Enneadecagon 21. What is the name of the home of a hare?: Form 22. What's unique about the toilet at the international space station?: It costs $19 million. 23. What's odd about the way a squid moves?: It swims backwards. 24. What was the first toy to be advertised on television?: Mr Potato Head 25. What's the world's deadliest mushroom known as?: Death cap