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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
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The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!
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The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.
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The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!
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The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The first patented condom was meant to be reused!
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The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived!
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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The first two years of a dog's life are equal to 24 human years.
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The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
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The G in 'g-string' stand for groin.
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The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.
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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The great warrior Ghengis Khan died in bed while having sex.
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