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  1. slammer_JvA

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    And I bet the most rejected collect-calls take place on that same day as well! ROFL :D
     
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
     
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    About that same time, Coca-cola contained cocaine.
     
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    Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
     
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    Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
     
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    Some people can wiggle their four smaller toes independently of their big toe and some people can't. :p
     
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  7. Rita

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    probaly :D
     
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    George washingtons pew is perserved at the 1773 Christ church in Alexandria VA
     
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    The world's longest name officially used by a person is "Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Shermasn Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior" which is composed of 28 words or 192 letters.
     
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  10. Rita

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    The Great Lakes collective shoreline is equal to almost 44 percent of the circumference of the earth
     
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    The Bobwhite quail was adopted as the state game bird of TN.in 1988
     
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    In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die!
     
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
     
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    Non-dairy creamer is flammable
     
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    Golf is the only sport to have been 'played' on the moon - on 6 February 1971 Alan Shepard hit a golf ball.
     
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    Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
     
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    In Kentucky William Schroder of Louisville received an artifical heart on nov.25 1984 and survived a record 620 days
     
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  18. Rita

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    the opening sequence of the tv show friends was filmed on warner brothers parking lot at 5 in the morning
     
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    Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year.
     
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  20. ronjor

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    A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel.
     
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  21. Rita

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    that often huh :D
     
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
     
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    A study of American currency revealed the presence of bacteria, including staphylococcus, e-coli, and lebsiella, on 18 percent of coins and 7 percent of the bills.
     
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    Bill Gates house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
     
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    Lake Michigan is the only one of the five great lakes that does not have a Canadan shore.It is surrounded by the states of Michigan,indiana.Illinois and Wisconsin
     
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