Tuesday, 07 February 2012
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True and Amazing
  • Pearls melt in vinegar
  • It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs..
  • Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
  • Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
  • "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
  • Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
  • Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
 


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