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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 are: 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: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai
- wenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
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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 Ramses brand condom is named
after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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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.
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Who's that playing the piano
on the "Mad About You" theme? Why it's Paul Reiser himself.
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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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