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    Duelling is illegal in Paraguay, unless both parties are registered blood donors.

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    The velocity of the projectile leaving the 120 mm gun tube of an M1 Abrams Tank is 1600 meters per sec or Mach 5 = five times the speed of sound.

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    Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

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    The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver, in Frank Capra's "Its a wonderful Life."

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    haha, Margaret, we are so getting our useless facts from the same source

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    I didn't know that chocolate could break a tooth until I tried to eat a
    piece yesterday. Now I sit here with another tooth missing with
    stitches where the tooth was. Ouch!
    judy tooley

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    Oh, Im sorry Judy ;(

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    Hi Judy

    Poor you, not a nice thing to happen.

    Yes, Muza Ithink our source must be the same.

    Margaret

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    A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.


    Margaret

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    The Caparo T1 is the fastest police car in the world for street race on ordinary license plates. It has 575 horsepower, a top speed at 200 Mph and an acceleration of 0-62,5 Mph in 2,5 seconds.

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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

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    Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.

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    Nah wah doe he yaw duh- means peace in Cherokee.
    judy tooley

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    Each F-1 rocket engine on the old Saturn V rocket produced about 12 million horsepower.

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    Incredible!

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