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The ball of chewed food in your mouth (before you swallow) is called a bolus. Introduce this fact to the dinner table in polite company.
| The chances of your dying on the trip to buy your MegaBucks ticket is greater than your chance of winning |
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| Polar bears really have black skin and their fur isn't white it is a see through |
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| An ostrich does not stick it's head in a hole to hide |
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| An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph. |
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| the first movie theaters were called nickelodeons |
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| There are two types of coral, hard coral and soft coral. Hard coral species appear in reefs while soft coral species do not build reefs. |
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| Bill McCoy was a bootlegger well known for selling quality imported goods: the "real McCoy." |
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| The first use of gas energy in the United States occurred in 1816, when gaslights illuminated the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. |
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| The greatest amount of rainfall ever recorded fell in the amount of 1.5 inches per minute on November 26, 1970 in Barst, Guadeloupe loca ... ... |
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| Many Libyans can trace their descent from tribes which moved from Arabia in the eleventh century. |
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| Black and white are generally not labeled as colors. Black is the result of absence of color and white is all colors mixed together. |
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| The Badwater area of Death Valley is the lowest point in the western hemisphere at -282ft. |
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| Of 200 Anglican priests polled only 68, or 34% could name all Ten Commandments. Half, however, said they believed in space aliens. |
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| The greatest amount of rainfall ever recorded fell in the amount of 1.5 inches per minute on November 26, 1970 in Barst, Guadeloupe loca ... ... |
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| So confident were some people that alcohol was the cause of virtually all crime that, on the eve of Prohibition, some towns actually sol ... ... |
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| China has more English speakers than the United States. |
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| Women blink nearly twice as much as men. |
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| The only member of the band ZZ Top without a beard has the last name Beard. |
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| Penicillin was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 and heralded for it's antibacterial effects. |
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