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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.**
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**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. ** : y3 U% O+ N" S  P9 T, [# n! t8 U

% D  M  X* I, q% H**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.** , m, a2 q6 S: I( z& l

4 z  J% ^) l7 l* a# T' F+ B1 l**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.** 1 k" p2 _. `& Z/ I/ }6 q

2 c+ c: b9 b" L; s3 q& h**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.**
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**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.** 5 H* @; U) V$ J7 k& ?8 ~( ?
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**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. ** 7 F; `0 j  e6 u$ w2 q/ y; c% F
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**A snail can sleep for three years.**
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**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.** # N) G2 d$ A  @& I6 X

* {/ w8 }& [9 d& y3 ?. u" N( x**Almonds are a member of the peach family.** 7 S# l: \/ Y9 A
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**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
' G( c/ q; S( K& Z3 W3 Zreaches 2 to 6 years of age.** : \9 X0 E$ e3 y  t: h5 F

% L7 s+ g# z. u& u2 U**Butterflies taste with their feet.** 8 ?% P6 r( e, l3 b, n% z
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**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.** 5 P2 ~, K  o  V$ Q
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**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".**
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**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full $ A6 |+ y, Z* H- W) w+ {
moon. **
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**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.** 7 j) {1 R7 o; z9 ?1 Y

! B& W' Z' }0 r8 F, x3 l**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would 2 E; Z$ a$ p; p) j3 p
never end because of the rate of reproduction. ** - p& J! U7 w% \

$ C, n8 `8 L8 u$ s# A- q! r! k**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
) V1 Q/ F* l! r' F8 U4 g8 V7 vaverage of 6 months waiting at red lights.**
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. **
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& j7 f7 D' \, f; J1 {7 V0 p**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.** ' [1 ^2 Z! C! }7 H

$ j2 ]# t+ ^: E8 b- d# W2 H9 a**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.**
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) m7 H# h4 h  H9 e4 [& [**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or 7 t7 s9 S. e! u
purple. **
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$ h/ J  P8 X6 P4 M$ v**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament / p! F. r/ S0 f1 X( `$ s
building is an American flag.**
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& u/ \6 `2 ]' `- j6 T3 x  `**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
2 ^3 k- ?* V# v7 A6 qstop growing. **
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. Z( J# w# X' Q% X! S, F**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. **
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**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and " l& S, [( t7 l
"lollipop" with your right.**
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. ** , g" ?$ J# t; J; J7 h4 s6 }7 ?% i

* T# e! D% J2 |% h5 x+ a) @8 z**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel : c5 q( K. }8 z* j8 L4 B; e
that it burns.** ' ~8 Q  ^5 _  {4 p! E

- j* B, y3 Y( \, f**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ** $ h: y' f) l; a" X: L  T
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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
* i* p3 @. T) Z3 \1 Y$ n, ?& Cletter of the alphabet.**
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" T& `; J2 _% F, b$ E5 s7 q/ G" C. b**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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( \' Q# @# i+ L) e" I**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
, U) Q8 u1 P: E% Lread left to right or right to left (palindromes).** & l6 Q" i8 r. O7 F4 G

6 n9 F' i. M! N# J( V% i5 n# A- b**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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**There are more chickens than people in the world.**
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**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": , G: {+ j3 t' J, B
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. **   r: M# t- D( `1 ^4 I' z
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
! F9 M# Y6 C0 Horder: "abstemious" and "facetious."** 8 c1 Z& `. W9 X$ w! I

* o( r( J0 x* M. ^**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** , c- d5 n* m: I( a0 n

: w' {2 j( {- ^4 Z$ g, `+ [**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. ** 4 G: y/ t; n- D8 ?8 C
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**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.**
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- D% S& o* Y( _# Q! I1 q$ d( y  m**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.**
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' F. u) w+ q/ f$ R, H/ ~* c1 t**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; 0 ]( R( c8 p* Y" O6 w  _1 I
otherwise it will digest itself. ** ' C7 Q- Q* I% R6 b: X
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