Sunday, July 17, 2011

Day 4.1: Almost facts of life

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

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A snail can sleep for 3 years.

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Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

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Chrysler built B-29's engines that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

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Only humans and horses have hymens

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Macguyver's first name was Angus.

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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is 'angstschreeuw'

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