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*The INCA in PERU created the DECIMAL SYSTEM hundreds of years before it was introduced in EUROPE...
*Flying once aroun the MOON is the equivalent with a round trip from NEW YORK to LONDON.(Earth is about FOUR TIMES the size of the Moon)
*The SYMBOL is often reffered to as a " NUMBER SIGN" or "POUND SIGN." It's real name is an "OCTOTHORPE"
*LEONARDO da VINCI could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time..
*Every CONTINENT has a city called "ROME"
*PAUL Mc CARTNEY's middle name is PAUL..
*CANADA is an Indian word meaning "BIG VILLAGE"
*When a SNAKE is born with two heads, the heads fight each other for food..
*The most common name in Italy is "MARIO ROSSI"
*RONALD REGAN appeared in more than 50 movies before becoming president...
*The POP you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of GAS bursting...
*MONTHS that begin with SUNDAY will always have FRIDAY the 13TH..
*The word "CHECKMATE" in chess comes from the PERSIAN Phrase, "SHAH MAT", which means "The KING is Dead"
*The BEATLES song "BECAUSE" is Bethoven's "Moonlight SONATA" backwards..
*President KENNEDY was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute..
*When you SNEEZE, all your bodily functions stop even your heart..
*CROCODILE cannot move its tongue..
*PAPER MONEY was first used in China..
*BEAR is less fattering than milk..
*TOM SAWYER was the first novel ever written on a type writer..
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