“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Another furious fact feast it is.
And I bet there are at least some of these you didn’t know.
So read on and….
Enjoy.
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The bible is available
in 2454 languages.
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There are 2,400 languages classified as being ‘endangered’.
231 languages are now completely extinct.
One language dies about every 14 days.
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If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 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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In the average lifetime, a person will walk
the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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In the early days of the telephone,
operators would pick up a call and use the phrase,
“Well, are you there?”.
It wasn’t until 1895 that someone suggested
answering the phone with the phrase
“number please?”
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The surface area of
an average-sized brick
is 79 cm squared.
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It would take 11 Empire State Buildings,
stacked one on top of the other,
to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.
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It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write “War & Peace”.
(It took me longer to read it!)
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The names of the two stone lions in front of the
New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude.
They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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When Concorde was flying from London to New York,
due to the time zones crossed,
you could arrive 2 hours before you departed.
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Many Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language;
commonly German but more recently Dutch or Hungarian.
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On the new hundred dollar bill the time
on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
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In ancient Rome,
it was considered a sign of leadership
to be born with a crooked nose.
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Minus 40 degrees Celsius
is exactly the same as
minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Stressed
spelled backwards is
Desserts!
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Always good stuff.
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