111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Pearls melt in vinegar. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer