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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.** . B8 }2 g  ^8 |2 t8 ]" ]

* t, i) a: U. c+ H**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. **
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.** & N/ q) z/ Z" z2 U
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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.** 8 M$ g; y5 B, i. \: H: L3 F

/ T/ z3 U' y- C# x( f8 G**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.**
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- ~7 G  l) B2 f**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. ** 5 C0 x$ D$ R6 o# [1 C( ]- U( ?  _

" b7 R4 M6 S/ N. Q/ D# j**A snail can sleep for three years.**   _5 h$ O2 |* G& L# {( q# t' S
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**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.** & H  f/ |* t$ W

6 j8 c! L9 F3 V" ~5 a**Almonds are a member of the peach family.** & A4 I4 ]; s) q# n. J

" I  L+ p/ u! I& f4 d**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child 9 x! S% e9 w" o2 ~4 T
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.** 2 M) t/ ]! F0 ^, H' H
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**Butterflies taste with their feet.** / Y1 O/ L5 b1 n+ C

" ]% E& {$ E/ s$ U6 c**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.** 3 E5 s! b% m* h" u2 ]" R" H* Y
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**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".** " X: Z8 W  c+ M4 f

4 t( k# C, \, d7 u! V( a**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full 2 ]% X( c, F; O" M+ u
moon. ** - [9 i2 S* ~: `$ P/ h+ J; m

4 q) ^; M- ]8 L) J( t" I**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.** # j# z7 A3 G, o5 ?  h) t# t# U
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**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would
  X$ X1 x( c+ Y5 e$ H% _4 \never end because of the rate of reproduction. ** ) `" q" C  s/ S$ G( }1 g! m

5 A6 U9 T7 K5 J# ^**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an 5 N% X, u- B8 i- J$ ^1 O
average of 6 months waiting at red lights.**
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. ** " y4 L% Q& @3 B9 @

' Y2 x; R" J& c**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.** 7 u4 E+ H6 J- Z. V) v& P

- L: B( u8 G* P7 @**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.** - p4 N- K* ^, u8 W

6 Q9 I  m" w; h4 F: x9 a" \7 t**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or " r/ U4 R1 W$ t5 u0 g
purple. ** 6 V8 J1 w, T' v1 ]. A. ]8 _
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**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
: D5 M* [) h+ f: x" B' \building is an American flag.**
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**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
* [. I# {1 r9 a2 sstop growing. ** " f1 o9 W7 [6 y* i( G, b1 L
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**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. **
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/ W% Q& U4 @5 r% h! b) u5 l**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
8 ?$ `! D6 f5 M% _, C! P9 Y"lollipop" with your right.**
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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- @- M% o9 ?" I% u2 d9 s! ~7 S**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel 8 F% t9 o2 P/ M/ t' s
that 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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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every 2 I# z- I  S5 j& u
letter of the alphabet.** 4 U5 i+ G( }  H) Y/ q8 z

0 c/ X; N! H, e4 l9 l**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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* G2 d6 [+ z  \7 h# A**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
& u% E# l' Y3 h  ^* W5 L/ W1 nread left to right or right to left (palindromes).** ' F0 F+ j* e5 o$ Q) I1 U% w; ^7 g
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**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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; Z; l# O. E7 }. A. X1 \* z**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": 4 T  e# C' _; n& {
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. **
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
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# [. e$ A0 n5 k1 C  j1 N* N  ]# C**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. **** 1 A, H$ j; f& S7 z. ^3 J/ a+ b  i, h
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**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. ** + ~6 {9 ~, ^% {7 u! K% ~6 T# _

% H6 ~2 x0 y, V" {4 C4 W) T**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.** 9 o* c% S' B& J' y; I

9 H' |/ n& R5 j8 b# i) W**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.** - o4 W# K3 w; X% N# S' T$ r2 _

6 [, R* R; K5 h& I  V7 B1 ?**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
  d3 o) W1 ]4 G! votherwise it will digest itself. ** 2 R: w7 ?4 U; C. t2 O$ m
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