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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.** 1 b# v- p& n& _7 x; q- q
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**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. ** 4 A# d3 m) n# {  S. `0 r

. f$ t3 a& Z3 v* }7 U& q% P! f**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.** 8 Y3 j" X( l* d7 ~* a
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**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.**
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**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.** 9 g4 C/ c6 z* L6 t  s8 r. g

9 I5 I# Z& _$ T' h% U5 T( ^9 }**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. ** : y) ~, y0 l# G, V' q
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**A snail can sleep for three years.**
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$ B" l) Z! N# ]; w' c; \**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.**
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: P4 X' V9 H; ]# V**Almonds are a member of the peach family.**
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) u+ ?& R* q) r/ L**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child 1 l; ^* J0 O) D8 E7 i
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.** " k% t# o" B, j& n# \+ E
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**Butterflies taste with their feet.**
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, e' g8 K+ K. y# H# M**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.**
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**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".**
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: N/ d7 U0 [8 y( ]1 h, F1 b**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full 3 S  I; N) f* C% A+ h
moon. **
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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
! ?8 m5 s: C/ z; Onever 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* B; F, L$ X/ ~average of 6 months waiting at red lights.**
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. ** 6 v& z, G' z. B' r" C' R3 u
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**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.** + l6 g. q( N+ T0 L
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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
: i2 i& u3 ?- _; D9 Epurple. **   j, c* R+ \% P, o5 \* Q) O
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**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
# L% j- n6 a+ \building is an American flag.**
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* s( K$ ~$ j0 ?7 E/ ?**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never 7 |' a) i2 y! `/ p( z) Z
stop growing. **
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0 ?( Z8 p/ `, L; r$ B& A# r, s$ z**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. ** / d! N/ R, @. `* i0 F7 A% G9 `6 w

0 J2 @3 W  h- {$ U# D& J; x# r6 B**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and 6 K% K) U1 f( G1 |! G
"lollipop" with your right.**
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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. d% ^+ t3 K- G, [4 {) q5 G**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
1 E( ?7 t2 }7 i8 P6 l+ wthat it burns.** - n6 F6 k3 o% p/ D6 \

1 ~8 Q1 t* z' ?; n* I**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ** * b5 b, m8 y; l( v( K

& p' \+ z& p: M+ l4 L2 T**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every 0 O# A% D9 s4 Z5 c; V( q9 v/ }' i
letter of the alphabet.**
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**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. ) m/ K" ?' ~" H3 {* }  Z
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" _/ L0 i- m2 }! [6 C! i. [+ ^**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
! A# E# L! u- {# D, g6 e5 Mread left to right or right to left (palindromes).** 3 _0 _+ ^0 i6 P

0 D, Y, g+ L& B; E! w0 j) S1 j**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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**There are more chickens than people in the world.** 3 X7 x# r6 k, J  K9 ~

) d6 x: k" `! c0 l4 V**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": 8 Z8 n9 Y' l8 r0 Q. W+ P8 C, G: N' @
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. ** % R3 g9 g  t4 o/ Y
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in 1 k4 Z+ }2 w" x8 D7 x+ e; R: T
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."**
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**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** & G( o- @& q1 t9 c% S

/ X6 K. i+ h$ q! N**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. **
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, U- s1 c$ W+ v8 K' Q& t/ r**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.**
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**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.** , A; b! t4 f+ u3 `! U8 {1 q, i0 k
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**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
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" Q5 i) g. i1 B+ R9 A/ l**...............Now you know everything*
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