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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn`t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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The Labrador Retriever is the #1 favorite breed in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.

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When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing to the impossibility of keeping one`s eyes open during a sneeze.

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Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.

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At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

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Shakespeare invented the word `assassination` and `bump`.

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In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.

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Female dogs are only ready to mate–"in heat"–twice a year for a total of roughly 20 days.

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The phrase "raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th century England when it is believed that many cats and dogs drowned during heavy periods of rain.

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The Newfoundland has a water-resistant coat and webbed feet.

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Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails.

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Barbie`s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

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Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book `The Naked Lunch`.

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The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.

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The average dog can run about 19 mph. Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45 mph.

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Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.

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The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

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federal government and scientific organizations, have found no evidence of unusual activity, attributing reported incidents to natural phenomena, human error, and misinterpretation.

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Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

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Dogs belong to a biological family called the Canidae, a member of this family is called a canid. This is the origin of the adjective "canine" which means "of or like a dog, relating to or characteristic of dogs".

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More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

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Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

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Teddy Roosevelt’s dog, Pete, ripped a French ambassador’s pants off at the White House.

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Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.

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There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple`s hair.

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If you were to take a taxicab from New York City to Los Angeles, it would cost you $8,325.

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The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)

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The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

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Zorba, an English mastiff, is the biggest dog ever recorded. He weighed 343 pounds and measured 8’ 3" from his nose to his tail.

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Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

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When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state`s third largest city.

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Humans are the only primates that don`t have pigment in the palms of their hands.

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The French Bulldog is incapable of reproducing naturally.

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Male dogs will raise their legs while urinating to aim higher on a tree or lamppost because they want to leave a message that they are tall and intimidating. Some wild dogs in Africa try to run up tree trunks while they are urinating to appear to be very large.

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The earliest historical records of herbs are found from the Sumerian civilization, where hundreds of medicinal plants including opium are listed on clay tablets, c.

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They say that most animal use itself is unnecessary and a cause of suffering, so the only way to ensure protection for animals is to end their status as property and to ensure that they are never viewed as a substance or as non-living things.

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It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes, the oldest archaeological evidence of which was found in Syria.

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The name of the girl on the statue of liberty is Mother of Exiles.

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The are 4 constellations named after dogs.

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Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

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Different smells in the a dog’s urine can tell other dogs whether the dog leaving the message is female or male, old or young, sick or healthy, happy or angry.

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Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

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Dalmatians are completely white at birth.

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To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

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Created by writer Will Murray and writer-artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes vol.

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Irish Wolfhounds, the tallest breed, are 30 to 35 inches tall.

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The show's pilot episode premiered on the Cartoon Network app on December 1, 2017, and the first episode of its first season ("Itch to Explore") was previewed there on February 19, 2018, before officially premiering on Cartoon Network on March 30 of that year, alongside its second episode ("You're It").

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A Boeing 747`s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother`s first flight.

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Depending on religious definitions and varying population data, the United States has the largest or second largest Jewish community in the world, after Israel.

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When sharks take a bite, their eyes roll back and their teeth jut out.

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The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

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Most vets recommend that female dogs don’t get pregnant until the third estrus.

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It’s not so black and white. It’s a myth that dogs only see in black and white. In fact, it’s believed that dogs see primarily in blue, greenish-yellow, yellow and various shades of gray.

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The Capital District of Bogotá is the country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub.

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The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

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Newfoundlands are great swimmers because of their webbed feet.

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PewDiePie's channel has reached various video view milestones; one which received considerable media coverage was it becoming the first to reach 10 billion views on 6 September 2015.

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Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

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At least eight other exhibition matches have been played between notable male and female tennis players starting in 1888, though only some of them were referred to at the time as a "battle of the sexes".

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The size of the cast has been explained by author Kubo as the result of his writing process, in which he first creates new figures, then writes their personalities and character arcs, and finally assembles these interactions into a new plot.

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As one of only two specifically-designated categories of ethnicity in the United States (under the technical label of "Hispanic or Latino"; the other category being under the technical label of "Not Hispanic or Latino"), Hispanics and Latinos form a pan-ethnicity incorporating a diversity of inter-related cultural and linguistic heritages, in which use of the Spanish language is the most important common element.

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His first book in English is The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989), which was used in the introduction of the Ljubljana School's thought to English-speaking audiences.

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About 55% of all movies are rated R.

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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.

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It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach`s contents and then swallows the stomach back down.

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Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays.

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Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

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Dog noses are also very cute and easy to boop.

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The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.

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The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe..

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Proportional to their size, cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.

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Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

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During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.

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The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

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The term Polynésie was first used in 1756 by the French writer Charles de Brosses, who originally applied it to all the islands of the Pacific.

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Rin Tin Tin was the first Hollywood dog star.

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The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.

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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies` room during a dance.

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The normal body temperature of a dog is 100.94 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 Celsius) to 102.56 F (39.2 C) whereas human normal body temperature 98.6 F (37 C).

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