“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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More from the fascinating fact file.
Here are a few more things that you didn’t know you didn’t know.
Enjoy.
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There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
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A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye
can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
So the book is wrong!
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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
– especially by her parents!
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If you plant an apple seed,
it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree
of a different type of apple.
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Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain,
has the longest average lifespan:
83.49 years.
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“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick”
is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
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‘Duff’ is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
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Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
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Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
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Only female mosquitoes bite.
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The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”
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Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
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Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
(and ninety percent of that ninety percent have no clue where they are going!)
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The volume of the earth’s moon is the same
as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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The New York phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII.
The New York phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
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King Louis XIX ruled France for about 15 minutes
– he succeeded with abdication of Charles X
only to abdicate in favor of Henry V.
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Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves
when they rode past their king.
This custom has become the modern military salute.
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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
(and all new babies look just like him, except your own of course!)
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