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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.**
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& s8 a, p2 S7 R' o**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. **
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.** ( ]  N) D) k  t# C) T
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**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.** * @) O9 G. M# e9 U. d; `! ~9 g
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**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.** " I/ {# w' t- G# E
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**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.**
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8 _5 Y/ h* A) l* `**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. **
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; m6 d/ m5 G. i+ l  |**A snail can sleep for three years.**
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**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.**
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**Almonds are a member of the peach family.** 5 I- c( c* o; J% O5 Q5 |8 o0 P

  c3 Q1 l% |8 H8 f**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child 5 H7 K" \/ W! W( F' i8 o3 {# F* R
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.** ; ]1 N$ x. m6 }5 G; p6 Q" e
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**Butterflies taste with their feet.** 9 S- Z% N9 U2 x3 o2 \

3 l; N$ |! F. j$ {**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.**
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1 J7 n9 y9 ]8 X( K9 V: m2 d**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".** % n  D/ _. _& x9 N* z; s- K
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**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full
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**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.** 2 W; @3 H0 i; q4 e1 t1 r) P$ G- o1 U. A

; c  W1 q1 ~3 v' g**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would
3 ~; y1 X( v9 xnever end because of the rate of reproduction. ** ! K/ ^3 o" Y3 X8 q

7 y+ P# y5 e; f. M- |**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
/ ?6 M# L* ~0 q- U) |average of 6 months waiting at red lights.** 2 l7 y: W8 n) M
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. **
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**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.** & N7 J. P9 D2 o$ L

* O6 L+ A5 I/ }  E5 w**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.** # c7 L: e. w2 x* \3 U( ^3 A

: K; B+ g& g. T' q  r: X$ z**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or % r/ e% s8 }& z0 ^0 f4 q  n
purple. **
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**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
* A0 |, l7 K7 F0 M) C* Abuilding is an American flag.**
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**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never " ?: e/ ]+ v4 g
stop growing. ** # D4 E  `* K5 t& T! N; F1 m* x) L  ^

- c) F- {, ~0 P5 E. J" H**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. ** 0 d, d3 X8 @& v! b

+ ?8 U1 T- ?2 [* a. Z**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
2 j% ~# o9 n  \: i"lollipop" with your right.** : D( g9 ?# T- k# O4 Y4 N0 |7 Q
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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# m% M; ^; c+ J; L3 e& r**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel ; X* \" f8 n8 v9 z9 V
that it burns.** & N& _- L2 R! J3 I: y: V3 h2 C+ l

( \5 R+ U% ~/ G0 t$ N6 v**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. **
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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every 5 H2 \( R8 O2 U0 i/ _6 ?
letter of the alphabet.**
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8 O* V$ r+ w% G/ b' e% X4 [* g**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
" l8 i! k. ?5 p2 Uread left to right or right to left (palindromes).**
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, O$ N# l+ u; @# {# n$ [**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. ** $ i1 C: S+ c' a
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**There are more chickens than people in the world.** 6 @2 c; y$ o" q7 D9 ], }& U' g/ A
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**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
* }8 D/ E7 Q9 w3 ?7 ctremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. ** $ N4 m- R5 y9 h5 d% [9 G& G

% \' V! {4 A+ I! R" Z( `0 d**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in / O7 q; ?3 s$ {* O6 z+ y
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."** ( g1 q! A$ _8 r( R. W2 S

- X2 k+ |  N! `5 a/ R**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** + d" J8 F' F9 W2 q" ]% p# I
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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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**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.** * w  Q' M9 b! w; _! u3 D1 j9 z2 B
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**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.** 6 e) U( W. h& M4 d7 O& H. D. a4 Q
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**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; ' ^$ ]' t- N$ \5 j
otherwise it will digest itself. **
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**...............Now you know everything*
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