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The largest earthquake in recent history was a 9.5 and occurred in Chile in 1960. It caused giant ocean waves as far as 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away.
When a man first approaches a woman, she will base 55 percent of her initial impression of him on his appearance and body language, 38 percent on his style of speaking, and 7 percent on what he actually says. 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.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card. An owl has three eyelids. Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point. Your nose and ears never stop growing. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. Hummingbirds can't walk. If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A". If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour -- it would take about 193 years.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.The largest earthquake in recent history was a 9.5 and occurred in Chile in 1960. It caused giant ocean waves as far as 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away.
When a man first approaches a woman, she will base 55 percent of her initial impression of him on his appearance and body language, 38 percent on his style of speaking, and 7 percent on what he actually says. 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.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card. An owl has three eyelids. Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point. Your nose and ears never stop growing. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. Hummingbirds can't walk. If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A". If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour -- it would take about 193 years.
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