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Old 01-20-22, 02:49 PM   #1426
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Longest word in English language :

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters) is lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust.

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Old 01-21-22, 05:28 AM   #1427
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The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.
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Old 01-21-22, 04:37 PM   #1428
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The Emperor Penguin can dive as deep as 550 meters for food.
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Old 01-22-22, 10:07 AM   #1429
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Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.
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Old 01-22-22, 01:05 PM   #1430
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cool The "Land of 10,000 lakes"...ain't

Minnesota has 14,444 lakes(10+acres in size)...I've swum in five of them.
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Old 01-22-22, 08:56 PM   #1431
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The salt that Penguins extract from their blood is released through their nose.
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Old 01-23-22, 12:25 PM   #1432
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Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.
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Old 01-24-22, 08:01 AM   #1433
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I don't mean to brag or anything


But there is another part of my body that is as long as my foot.


My forearm.
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Old 01-24-22, 10:40 AM   #1434
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In 2002, a Toyota commercial featuring Brad Pitt was banned in Malaysia.
The reason was that the Malaysian authorities feared that the advertisement would give the Malaysians inferiority complexes.

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Old 01-24-22, 02:23 PM   #1435
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Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.
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Statistically speaking, no job in the United States of America is more deadly than that of the president.



18% of our Presidents have died in office. Almost 1 out of 5.
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Old 01-24-22, 02:38 PM   #1437
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There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.
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Old 01-25-22, 03:03 PM   #1438
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Sweden has the least number of murders annually.
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Sweden has the least number of murders annually.
With 330 shooting episodes and 46 homicides Sweden does not have least number of homicide.

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The country code for Russia is "007".
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