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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.** . G1 X' A8 N3 k8 \( r; Z$ r

% M9 w5 p5 ~% c! B& K' Q* q( A**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. ** ; P+ h7 J  x$ I
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.**
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**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.** * f. N; H- G" i& J% C, N
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**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.** : ?; \& f3 A! e- }* ^5 z! q5 s

9 h3 J! A3 j  @# r2 f) o1 A**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. ** + O: T  |0 v, _& A

; @) |% K9 ]  |4 A# A4 S**A snail can sleep for three years.** - l2 q+ V. O- C/ r8 \5 M
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**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.** 0 g! h( v1 a2 \; \) }3 y$ W  e% w) `

, a: z: G6 s  ?+ n+ q$ q( Z**Almonds are a member of the peach family.** # c  i) T9 r6 H
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**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
: @7 r  n8 L* ?+ kreaches 2 to 6 years of age.**
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**Butterflies taste with their feet.** - R; y1 ^4 c0 {  ]
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**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.** 5 D+ W* ~; b& a  R
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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
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6 v6 k2 ]' Z  \+ c/ ]: X**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
0 t# [6 y+ q1 S* ?never end because of the rate of reproduction. ** . k) z9 F; D3 a

' C. S6 j, ?" N% K**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
- d: X9 e1 R1 F% |average of 6 months waiting at red lights.** 3 b$ P7 {' ~' f/ d9 u1 n( l
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. ** # O' U; M% d/ A2 M: A1 i3 x

2 n) M) Q" l2 J3 ^**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.** 4 K+ S! ?( m/ i( |$ ?

8 h& P# m. W3 w# F* {+ R) g# d2 _**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.** 1 f# K9 A  I3 m8 _, `3 l! r

0 F1 |' g' `) H0 k$ F9 v**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
' Y9 e7 W) y  K$ B1 Kpurple. ** , c7 V% h) d7 w9 j

* u5 ^7 z0 E6 I**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
2 Y! e! R) H+ z" t' pbuilding is an American flag.**
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; e! x9 t& d% G- {0 f- S9 V**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never : W+ Z/ K& Y3 E( {1 g7 ^* _0 h
stop growing. ** + z/ }7 `( x" ^1 e3 j
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**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. ** ; @' }" g, C/ F) C, O: O' W

! o0 ~. H- [0 Q9 }; h**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
8 X5 i5 {- |0 q"lollipop" with your right.**
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. ** 4 G' J3 Y" y; B, t

* y% K; A! w) o- \$ H4 l1 e**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
9 ^3 U. @8 ]' X( U1 lthat it burns.** / j3 k/ Q7 f  h% E7 A  }

( x3 t+ a* E) p( |, E& y! S4 ], ?- `& p2 K**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ** / M8 t/ f- n9 f) C2 z; e/ u
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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every ' q2 s! l: f, z; M
letter of the alphabet.**
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**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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& x: e: D0 \0 Y/ a**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
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4 U. C( I; d+ S4 t, H% _0 V**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. ** ' ^0 @8 @5 ^6 O; e

+ p1 x/ L3 K2 x. N: B; x& a**There are more chickens than people in the world.** # O/ r4 m" d7 R2 j1 A' l; ~2 d
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**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
7 s1 E& H( M: q( @tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. ** 4 B" g# v9 |" m7 e2 V1 Q7 r- q
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in 1 k' Q  H3 y4 r0 p+ E
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."**
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- A0 ~. T. D# F* Y, X. m& k. {**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** & M" D2 M3 F- x2 C6 g$ n
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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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; d3 k1 v9 ~' K$ U, E**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.** - }0 p  Q; G4 {9 ^. B0 n
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**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.** % b8 K$ A9 j4 j' ]% e1 k$ o7 ?

: p2 R) z$ W6 z+ g0 _) W4 y8 }6 `**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
' `- r6 a! Z/ z8 U7 }; ?otherwise it will digest itself. ** 8 l% q* ]0 S: ?: }2 R1 q1 i! A
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