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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.** ' \$ q7 H9 H: B4 a3 e3 u- b
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**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. ** : \% z$ L, n* g6 R2 j* @
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.** " g( S1 Q/ V. v0 p  z' I9 [
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**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.**
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- r/ Y; d2 ]; r. U* `( v' ~**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.** $ Q; a! O4 n" Y0 j
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**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.**
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**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. **   G1 l+ I6 ~9 D# X
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**A snail can sleep for three years.**
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& O7 s5 T: X1 F  t( C2 `**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.** " Z7 F1 p+ J! n! Y/ G+ v
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**Almonds are a member of the peach family.**
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$ U4 m% F. U! G* R* f; g2 }**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
( ?; u2 O3 I3 y# H7 ?reaches 2 to 6 years of age.** 0 `! H2 Q, F, i) v+ M& G! S

7 V* M8 X. @2 m! n6 p; u**Butterflies taste with their feet.**
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+ Q  V! `8 D4 J**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.** " ^. k+ C* W" \" b$ B: |5 k
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**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".** 1 `4 B/ `, y9 x" E

" ]3 |; P/ H# _**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full 8 \/ X4 A$ v! j  z- }2 h. I
moon. ** % Q3 v+ F% @" d* b+ i% `$ u
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**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.** ' U6 V  p8 d; D( T; S/ z8 l( }
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**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would . f) ~/ O# K: F8 G. l1 h7 z' ]
never end because of the rate of reproduction. **
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**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
( Q! ^. P0 ~1 C. N3 \5 Iaverage of 6 months waiting at red lights.** ' I8 d7 s% E5 k+ I

1 y. _5 N6 S/ Q, Y7 _% x**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. **
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**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.**
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**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.** ( f4 c" @! @8 O2 @. ]2 s6 N. n

, Y0 P+ |+ Q6 J/ I0 V! u**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or - b& Q; y5 C& u( d+ j
purple. **
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**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament 2 a) j$ J4 Y6 h# y( f
building is an American flag.** 4 M% V4 M' U7 a) g9 Q$ w9 ], n

6 m. l, s2 l. s% o) d. X**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
' G7 u5 q: i7 v( m* Jstop growing. **
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4 Y6 i9 m3 F/ h& u8 Z- L. d7 }$ g& ^**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. **
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* i0 P1 F) b4 a. z**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and   u! A6 v: }0 j+ [
"lollipop" with your right.** ; V# V9 v; Z5 ?( W" t. {% j/ @. L( f
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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9 V* Z, B4 f6 C**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel , l$ Z  F& e9 l
that it burns.**
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+ k$ e' i+ |; H) R. s2 M1 [**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ** ; T, d* |' _3 Y* [7 u
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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every $ ?% l$ i7 g0 W
letter of the alphabet.**
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1 _: B" l/ N- S7 w**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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  ?; L+ o5 }5 J( `, m**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are ( x0 m" y0 X# O+ J5 Y1 h
read left to right or right to left (palindromes).** & ~- O0 y, i- x2 `2 @3 w, G8 |

. B1 \$ V; K5 {# R**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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: M0 ^+ G, z) I& _: i**There are more chickens than people in the world.** . w" B: T) r- l, Z, }# e3 _% n
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**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
4 b$ i8 e/ ~0 E. q; m5 btremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. ** 3 l+ F8 V  _; W! Y% U
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
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) l& D  H5 Z, l9 N0 L2 ^7 d**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** & @* C2 X# m8 V* |: i& [5 U- ]
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**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. ** 4 G' o7 ^2 y6 f' B% J

- ~* N+ A5 v5 l: U! U% i2 w' f. P**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.**
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: C! l! r7 `* A9 b9 H& a**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.**
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; S: x8 u/ Q, a9 g**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
9 J( P4 q0 W! s# c7 m5 Aotherwise it will digest itself. **
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  R/ ], z* T" U% e; ?0 G. {2 R**...............Now you know everything*
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