TIB: Re: Strange, but Interesting Facts :)


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TIB: Re: Strange, but Interesting Facts :)




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>STRANGE BUT TRUE
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>All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
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>On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
>Parliament building is an American flag.
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>If she were life size, Barbie's measurements would be
>39-23-33.
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>No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
>silver, or purple.
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>"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters
>"mt".
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>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
>Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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>Almonds are members of the peach family.
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>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
>dance.
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>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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>There are only four words in the English language which
>end in "dous":  tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
>hazardous.
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>The longest place-name still in use is a New Zealand hill
>called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukaka-
>pikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu
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>Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
>Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be
>abbreviated to 3.63% of its size - L.A.
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>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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>An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
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>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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>In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time
>displayed on a watch is 10:10.
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>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
>dealer.
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>The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
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>The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were
>named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in
>Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
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>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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>A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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>On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the
>upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield"
>and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
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>The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
>
>Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You"
>theme?  Why it's Paul Reiser himself.
>
>The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy
>moth from 1.8 miles away.
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>The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up
>when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet
>and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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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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>Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
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>John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
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>The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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>There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
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>"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only
>the left hand.
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