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  1. Alice in Wonderland

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    You are never more than a metre away from a spider. Go go Aracnophobia!
     
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    If you were to take a rope / wire and place on the ground / ground level all the way around the equator then extend that rope by a puny 12 meters

    Equator circumference + 12 m

    Then that rope / wire when wrapped around the equator afresh would be a seemingly massive 6 feet (1.8m) above the ground / ground level (if placed rigidly end to end).
     
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    January is named after the Latin god Janus who had two heads: one that always looked forward (into the future) and one that always looked backward (at the past).
     
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    The Hawaiian alphabet only contains 12 letters; a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p and w.
     
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    People that live in Brazil call "Brazilian nuts" just "nuts"
     
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    U = I x R, so U / R = I and U / I = R

    These are formula's to find the amount of volts, amps and the resistance of a closed elecktrical circuit
     
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    Vanna White from Wheel of Fortune holds the record for putting her hands together around 140,000 times to clap.
     
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    In most populations of humans there is a decreased incidence of the eruption of the wisdom teeth, while in some Aboriginal populations in Australia there is a statistical increase in the advent of a molar past the wisdom tooth. It's a fact! :D
     
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    The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
     
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    Miguel de Cervantes only had one arm when he wrote Don Quixote, which is believed to be the first novel.
     
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    In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

    Which would make it harder to buy a mouse trap then a gun. Don't we just love the States?
     
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    The plural of 'Octopus' is not 'Octopusses' or 'Octopi' but 'Octopodes'...
    However, due to the fact that no one decided to tell anyone this, we all went around saying the other two and although, 'Octopi' still isn't considered correct, you can get away with 'Octopusses'...

    Craziness :)
     
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    Edwin Booth, John Wilkes' brother, saved Robert Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, from getting run over by a train.
     
  14. Carmina

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    You need to have at least a ten-inch ponytail to donate hair to Locks of Love.
     
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    That phrase almost scared me 'till I got to the end. :p
     
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    How many millionaires are there in the world? (In ÂŁs)

    Around 10,000,000!!

    (this point is arguable as many different reports say different things)
     
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    To make a new pothos plant, all you have to do it cut a piece of the original and stick it in water making sure the root buds (which are under each leaf) are under the water. After roots appear, stick it in dirt and keep watered.
     
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    It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
     
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    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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    In Texas it is illegal to milk another person’s cow.
    In Chico, California bowling on the sidewalk is illegal.
    In Baldwin Park California it is against the law to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool. :confused:
     
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    According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
     
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    In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."
     
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    Hawaii is moving toward Japan 10 centimetres (4 inches) every year.
     
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    Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
     
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    The people who burn most UsoA flags aren't American enemies but the American scouts, as when a flag get's dirty they feel the most civilised way to get rid of the flags is to have a bonfire!!
     

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