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- Most countries with Christian tradition reserve Good Friday as federal holiday.
- Many countries prohibit alcohol from being sold on this day.
- Ninety million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced each year.
- Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. In 2011, it falls on April 22.
- The specific term used to denote the painting done on Easter eggs is, 'Pysanka'.
- The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg. Egg symbolizes rebirth.
- Chocolate bunnies should be eaten ears first, according to 76% of Americans. Five percent said bunnies should be eaten feet first, while 4% favored eating the tail first.
- Good Friday is the Friday of Holy Week, and commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Good Friday is a fast day in the Catholic Church. In 2011, Good Friday falls on April 22.
- While Germany outlaws public dancing on Good Friday, Kites are flown in Bermuda to symbolize the cross and Jesus' ascension to heaven.
- Roman Catholics often put the candles in the church out on Good Friday and light them again with the Pascal Candle or Easter Candle,on Easter Day.
- The Easter Bunny has its origins in Germany. German settlers who arrived in Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s introduced the lore and it has come to stay as a symbol of fertility.
- "Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail, Hoppin' down the bunny trail, Hippity hoppity Happy Easter day".
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Polar bears are left-handed.
- Starfish have no brains.
- The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
- The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
- The basket starfish has more than 80,000 arms.
- If a starfish is cut into pieces, each piece will grow into a whole starfish.
- The biggest fish is the whale shark.
- Porcupines cannot shoot their quills.
- A baby whale gains about 200 pounds a day.
- The Rafflesia flower smells like rotten meat.
- The world's largest waterfall drops 11,500 feet, its underwater between Greenland and Iceland.
- 55 percent of people who see someone yawn will yawn within 5 minutes.
- Sharks can never stop moving.
- Sobicphobia is the fear of being afraid.
- A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body.
- A human being's hair and fingernails never stop growing, even after death.
- When a person sneezes, his or her heart stops for a very small moment. That's why people say, 'God Bless You!' when we sneeze.
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