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Biologically, zebras are pink animals with black and white stripes.

One per every three deaths of household fish is caused by over-feeding. The other two are suicide.

Four out of ten municipal bus drivers in Pittsburgh are convicted felons. Of these, two are on parole.

All domestic dogs are descended from 9 wolves domesticated in Mongolia around 9,000 B.C. Curiously, they were all named, "Spot."

Only 12 percent of monetary transactions around the world involve money.

One in twelve city-dwelling squirrels will be killed by an automobile. Another four are killed by Bob Tyrell of Russell, Indiana.

Will Rogers was well known for never having met a man he didn't like, except "that smug bastard Jimmy Stewart."

In 1953, Virginia governor John S. Battle unsuccessfully attempted to change the state's motto from "sic semper tyrannis" to "ol' Ginny gonna git ya."

A nautical light year is 1.15 times longer than a statute light year.

The original Bob Barker was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1974.

After a moderately long hiatus, Actual Facts returns with a fact filled exploration of the world of the Basques:

• Basques were one of the first European groups to discover surfing. The word for this activity in Basque is "Urmugitukara", or "way of moving on water".
• At least one Basque monarch is believed to have died while surfing.
• More Basques live in hillside villages than do any other group anywhere else in the world, with the exception of Kansas.
• The Basque language is unrelated to any other known language. In fact, some linguists dispute whether it is even a language.
• The Basques are the second most-hated ethnic groups in the world, falling short of only the damn herring-eating Norwegians.
• It is believed that the Basques were the first proponents of organized games of chance, after a primitive casino consisting only of dice games was unearthed during a dig in Lapourd in 1923.

There have been four partially successful attempts to relocate Yellowstone National Park.

Children are born with a keen talent for professional landscaping, but lose it within the first few hours.

History tells us that Joan of Arc, known as "La Poucelle" was only two hours away from a degree in Forestry Management.

While many streets are named for presidents or trees, relatively few are named for diseases.

Strangely, the act of forgetting is the only thing we do that requires the entire brain.

Hawaii has only two snakes. One is a sea snake rarely seen in Hawaii waters. The other is a blind snake named Bob.

The meaning of the word "mutant" has changed over the years.

It is sobering to realize that almost everything is one direction or another from Kansas City.

While hummingbirds can't walk, they can break dance.