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barcode
  • The first bar code was used on Wrigleys gum

barnacles
  • Barnacles have penises 8 times the length of their bodies
  • Barnacles are hermaphrodites (male and female organs), but still choose to mate with other individuals whenever possible

Barney
  • The actor playing Barney the purple dinosaur, David Joyner, is originally from Illinois, but moved to Dallas later in his life. A separate actor voiced Barney, Bob West. He is a graduate from Trinity University, named one of the top schools in the nation by US News; and now he’s making funny voices for a living

Bashar Al-Assad
  • Bashar Al-Assad, the Syrian dictator downloaded Harry Potter films from iTunes using a New York linked American Express

bats
  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.      < == ( the arrow is pointing left. Just in case)
  • Most bats give birth to only a single pup each year. They are the slowest reproducing mammals on earth for their size
  • Bats can fly up to 2 miles high to feed or to catch tailwinds for travel
  • Some bats have echolation that can separate human hair
  • Vampire bats adopt orphans, and even risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates
  • An anticoagulant from vampire bat saliva could be used to treat stroke victims
  • Little brown bats can stop breathing for 48 minutes during hibernation

beans
  • A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell
  • The Mexican Jumping Bean is actually a thin-shelled seed containing the larva of the jumping bean moth (Laspeyresia saltitans).

bears
  • In hibernation the body temperature of bears remains close to normal. Bears also do not urinate while in hibernation. This contrasts with true hibernators, whose temperature drops close to freezing and rouse to urinate
  • A hibernating bear burns the energy equivalent of 4,000 food calories a day, which is more than the energy some ppl burn each day

beavers
  • The beaver is America’s largest rodent and can remain underwater for 20 minutes! erm… sealions can do that as well

bed
  • In a year, an average person walks 4 miles making their bed. (I’m sure this doesnt apply to teenagers who walk an average of 10 meters a year in comparison)

beer
  • There are more than 20,000 brands of beer
  • Beer was created as early as 4,300 BC
  • The egyptians used to have over 100 medicinal purposes for beer
  • The biggest beer fest is Octoberfest. It started out as a wedding ceremony
  • In old Germany, beer was made by monks


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