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Volpe
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Oh... * Self face palm *

The number forty is the only number that, in the English language, has all of its letters in alphabetical order.
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That's actually pretty interesting :o

Lacrosse was started in America and was the first American sport.
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Really? One wouldn't think....



The Guinness Book of World Records itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted series. It was created by Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery.
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Yep, was named and made a official sport by a Frenchman in Canada, which is why some people consider Baseball the first sport of America.

The loop at the end of yo yo's are actually for making slip knots, not putting your finger in... sadly I didn't know that D:
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Well, you learn something new each day. :r


At a stride of 30 inches per step, you would have to take 2,112 steps to walk a distance of one mile.
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At Cheeburger Cheeburger the most amount of burger eaten there was 5 pounds
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From 1909 through 1982, the US penny was made from 95% copper and 5% zinc. As of October 2009, the metal in one pre-1983 penny can be melted and sold for 1.8 cents. The scrap value for pennys from 1982 and earlier is more than the coin is worth as currency.
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lol

It can take almost 300 years for a half life baby diaper to decompose.
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Scratch-and-sniff works by taking the aroma-generating chemical and encapsulating it in gelatin or plastic spheres that are a few microns in diameter. When you scratch the sticker, you rupture some of these spheres and release the smell.
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Always wondered how those work...

The numbers on alarm clocks are actually from chemicals...not lights.
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The antibacterial components of antibacterial soaps (usually triclosan or, less commonly, triclocarbon) needs to be left on a surface for about two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do their job.
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Sabre can't think of any facts.

Oh wait... that's a fact!
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A fact...Madyy is at school. :sarcastic:

Haha...the word lollipop is typed with the right hand only. :P
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Lolipop, hey it is :D

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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Definition of fact:

A truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true.
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The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
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The first tank was developed by the British in World War I as a solution to the trench warfare stalemate. The first prototype of the Mark I tank was tested for the British Army on September 6, 1915. To preserve secrecy the initial vehicles were referred to as "Water-carriers". The workers of were given the impression that they were building "Water-carriers for Mesopotamia"; hence the name Tank.
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The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
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At the start of World War I, none of the participating forces issued metal helmets to their troops. The first helmets were designed and issued after it was noticed that there was a significant number of head wounds inflicted on the soldiers in the trenches that were caused by exploding shrapnel overhead.
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In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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