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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a
quarter has 119.
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A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg
of caffeine.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has
a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy
as a full-sized oven.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash
as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
» About twenty-five percent of the
population sneeze when they are exposed
to light.
» Airports that are at higher altitudes
require a longer airstrip due to lower air
density.
» Albert Einstein was offered the presidency
of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
» Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
were both epileptic.
» All babies are color blind when they are
born.
» Americans did not commonly use forks until
after the Civil War.
» An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while
he was playing with engine parts and realized
the possible secondary use for the springs.
» An apple, potato, and onion all taste
the same if you eat them with your nose
plugged.
» An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused
parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
» Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial
is ''Crash Course''!
» Antarctica is the only land on our planet
that is not owned by any country.
» Approximately 25,000 workers died during
the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately
20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow
fever.
» Astronauts get taller when they
are in space.
» Babies who wear disposable diapers are
five times more likely to develop diaper
rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
» Babies'' eyes do not produce tears until
the baby is approximately six to eight weeks
old.
» Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given
out during World War II were made of plaster.
» Before toilet paper was invented, French
royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
» Business.com is currently the most expensive
domain name sold for $7.5 million.
» Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
» By partially filling saucers with vinegar
and distributing the saucers around a room,
you can eliminate odors.
» Canada is an Indian word meaning ''Big
Village''.
» Children are more allergic to cockroaches
than they are to cats!
» Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
» Common pesticides such as roach, termite,
and flea insecticide can be found in the
bodies of majority of Americans.
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