- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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- A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
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- A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
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- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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- A snail can sleep for three years.
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- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
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- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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- Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
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- Butterflies taste with their feet.
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- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
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- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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- February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
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- In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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- If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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- If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
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- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
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- Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
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