Some more alleged 'facts' that are circulating around the internet, source unknown. Thirty five of them in all. I do not know if they are 'facts' or not!
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Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be
recycled an infinite amount of times! -
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.
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Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
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If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated,
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Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
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Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
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The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking
country in the world to bring in the new year. -
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth
by 61 percent. -
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated
above 450F. -
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the
sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. -
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
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The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
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The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching
it meant she accepted. -
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was
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Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
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The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor
raised their visors to reveal their identity. -
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars,
even in the middle of the day. -
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
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In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
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Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
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Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
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The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth
each year. -
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
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Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
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Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a
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Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
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For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
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The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
