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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.** + h: P* d1 _+ n2 m
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**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. **
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.**   s& y) {$ n+ I$ M  n1 t
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**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.** 3 G+ I7 L( t$ t6 X  H* j% s

* e- C  S& r4 k( w0 r: J**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.**
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: O; F5 j' v& ~" A+ @* D& Y**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.** 3 c4 B3 z8 c2 }! n1 `

( W4 m6 X8 Y4 p0 a# i: |- E% h0 q# k) ~' O**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. **
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6 ]7 ^# S7 G, T# v. ~**A snail can sleep for three years.** & t- f& H0 [- y4 w" h0 h4 `
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**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.** & }0 f- P$ x7 X- @+ C! Q5 Y6 n
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**Almonds are a member of the peach family.** * n- R/ k2 S/ B1 E# k, b7 Y. ~, I9 d

" c: I5 L1 J# z3 P8 J& ^- H  Z**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child & p! X2 C; w, o6 `
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.**
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**Butterflies taste with their feet.**
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: {1 @- Z; D" @. s**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.**
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: W/ D5 ~( Y# p" {9 W% q, w/ \**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".** 8 a. C3 s( U7 R  w1 S
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**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full / ?+ G* H) R. b3 W& w0 F
moon. ** / n, D9 l; S; W
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**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.**
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**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would
# z& j5 `0 E; t& Q/ `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
% V8 Y, w- \: e0 t4 w9 t2 I0 Maverage of 6 months waiting at red lights.** 6 F" B: W6 v# K/ m, t, K
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. ** + t% d0 v8 p1 f- S4 g6 u6 g

" X" g0 x1 \3 U**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.**
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**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.**
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**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
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**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
0 Z7 C1 B0 v" d7 f3 O( dbuilding is an American flag.**
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& P# }/ z7 G9 i9 k, w**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
/ V" q' h) E+ g0 i+ T! Ustop growing. **
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**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. ** 3 a9 j# ?" ~! z- W. d

. m/ A5 i+ H) n" F**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and 2 Y1 q( E  }8 K1 \  e
"lollipop" with your right.**
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0 x' J% x! `6 }( R**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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" I4 B( n9 l$ s. ]* [**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
% R, q0 u3 l; |2 R! c9 z" athat it burns.**
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**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. **
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+ ]: z7 ]; ^7 x, P7 H0 r**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
( T+ V, Y/ K4 u2 e: j- bletter of the alphabet.**
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$ |* P7 L+ U8 _. J**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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* g  G( [  W' a0 c$ ]2 d0 [**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are - c/ j+ P" v4 A/ O: Y1 ?6 G- x! i
read left to right or right to left (palindromes).**
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1 Y6 K, B" C( z1 A/ }* C& o# q**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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# O% I- H. |% ~6 d$ V# ?, z% O**There are more chickens than people in the world.** ! w3 J1 n' Q/ @+ T3 Y

" e2 G4 q/ |' W( x- ]; \3 {**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
$ G# W2 I+ k# O! \/ X. ]0 P& p  Btremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. **
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
, `/ U; k3 @: Xorder: "abstemious" and "facetious."**
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9 j  t& U, M! i- }6 d+ _1 N6 ]**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** 3 G+ e- X, ]6 H# @1 P: H
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**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. **
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0 f% ^. }6 m  c/ e**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.**
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# c$ A  D( h- s8 p6 f, K8 S**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.** + h" w+ R: Y  H& o+ {7 P

% ]6 E0 r, O6 [9 h**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; 5 s% q* ?9 E/ h" {$ K4 Q
otherwise it will digest itself. ** 8 O" {+ E- s7 H  z( y/ B

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**...............Now you know everything*
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