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| A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119. |
| A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine. |
| A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. |
| A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven. |
| A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. |
| About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. |
| Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. |
| Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. |
| Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic. |
| All babies are color blind when they are born. |
| Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War. |
| An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. |
| An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. |
| An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. |
| Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'! |
| Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. |
| Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. |
| Astronauts get taller when they are in space. |
| Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers. |
| Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old. |
| Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. |
| Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen. |
| Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million. |
| Buttermilk does not contain any butter. |
| By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors. |
| Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'. |
| Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats! |
| Cleopatra married two of her brothers. |
| Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans. |
| Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'" |
