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Did You Know? There is no universal sign language.

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Did You Know? When snakes are born with two heads they fight each other for food.

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Did You Know? Most ginger cats are male.

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Did You Know? A donkey named Monika retired from the Mariinsky ballet in St Petersburg, Russia, in 2008 after 19 years in the ballet Don Quixote.

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Did You Know? When a cat blinks slowly at you, it’s a sign of affection referred to as a ‘kitty kiss’.

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Did You Know? The male scaly cricket "Ornebius Aperta" from Australia can copulate more than 50 times in three to four hours, all with the same female.

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Did You Know? Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues.

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Did You Know? Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

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Did You Know? When Pink Floyd designed the “Animals” album cover, the inflatable pig tied to the power station broke free, causing Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights.

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Did You Know? The first African-American to walk in space was a UH(University of Houston) alum, Bernard Harris.

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Did You Know? A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time.

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Did You Know? Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, which drew more visitors to see the empty space than the actual painting.

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Did You Know? Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.

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Did You Know? 'Grammar Pedantry Syndrome' is a form of OCD where someone has a compulsive desire to correct every grammatical error.

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Did You Know? The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing.

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Did You Know? A dentist named Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair.

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Did You Know? The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.

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Did You Know? On the average, there are 200 tiny seeds on every strawberry.

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Did You Know? Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.

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Did You Know? The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.

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Did You Know? Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.

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Did You Know? In 2010, there was a major traffic jam in China that lasted for 12 days.

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Did You Know? Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

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Did You Know? Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet.

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Did You Know? Medical errors are the 6th leading cause of the death in the U.S.

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Did You Know? It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once.

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Did You Know? There exists a plankton, Dinoflagellates, which if consumed, reverses your feeling of hot and cold – as well as hallucinations. Symptoms can last from weeks to years.

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Did You Know? Nokia was founded in 1865 and its primary business was manufacturing paper. Nokia’s first mobile phones were released in the 1980’s.

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Did You Know? ‘Anuptaphobia‘ is the fear of staying single.

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Did You Know? In Kentucky, the law mandates that people must take a bath once a year.

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Did You Know? The Lion King was originally called “King of the Jungle” before they realized that lions don’t actually live in jungles.

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Did You Know? Suriphobia is the fear of mice.

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Did You Know? If you Google search 'askew', the content will tilt slightly to the right.

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Did You Know? People decide whether you’re smart, likeable, extroverted, adventurous, successful, or trustworthy within just 3 seconds of meeting you.

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Did You Know? Most cows produce more milk when they listen to music.

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Did You Know? The first, and largest, pyramid at Giza was built by the pharaoh Khufu.

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Did You Know? In 2009, Nigerian Police detained a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

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Did You Know? The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

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Did You Know? Ancient Romans celebrated 'Saturnalia', a festival in which slaves were treated as equals and are allowed to wear their masters' clothing.

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Did You Know? The little piece of paper sticking out of a Hershey’s Kiss is called a Niggly Wiggly.

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Did You Know? On February 10, 2009, two communications satellites accidentally collided above the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia.

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Did You Know? Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.

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Did You Know? Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing

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Did You Know? Amathophobia is the fear of dust.

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Did You Know? There is a punctuation mark used to signify irony or sarcasm that looks like a backwards question mark ⸮

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Did You Know? First parachute jump is made over Paris

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Did You Know? Amazon.com was previously known as Cadabra.com.

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Did You Know? Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers

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Did You Know? The Rolling Stones' tongue logo design was inspired by the Indian Hindu goddess Kali The Destroyer.

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Did You Know? In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is said to bring good health as well as warding off evil spirits.

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