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Argument Clinchers
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There are 216 stitches on a baseball.(I remember my first baseball game. 'Just hit the ball and run', I was told when I asked the rules.Then the third man with the stick started walking & I asked why. "He got 4 balls", my buddy told me & I jumped to my feet and shouted, "Walk proud, my lad!! Walk proud!!")
One sea elephant (which is a variety of seal), when rendered, will yield 70 gallons (265 litres) of oil. (Stored mostly in the trunk, I believe.)
Mount Katahdin is the highest point in Maine, with an elevation of 5,268 feet (1,606 meters), and is the spot that first receives sunlight in the continental United States.
(But nobody lives there, so who cares?)
Canaries have an average lifespan of 20 years. (You'd think, with all that time on their claws, they'd learn a different tune!)
The Caspian is the largest inland sea in the world. (And it's got a nudist beach that goes on for days!)
Cleopatra was not Egyptian by descent. Although she was born in Alexandria, her family was of Macedonian (Greek) origin.
(Which would explain the beard she always wore!)
The possibility of two persons having identical fingerprints is one chance in
1,606,937,974,174,171,729,761,809,705,564,167,968,221,676,069,604,401,795,301,376.
That first digit is novemdecillion.(Yeah, right! And I have to take off my socks and pants just to count to 21!!)
The Chanting Goshawk, found in South Africa, is the only bird of prey that sings. (Puts a whole new meaning on the phrase: 'Singing for your supper', don't it!??)
It takes 3 feet (1 metre) of sugar cane to make a single lump of sugar. (Big deal! I saw a man walk down the street and turn into a bar!!)
A cubic yard of sand or gravel weighs approximately 3,200 pounds (1,451 kg), depending upon whether dry or wet, packed or loose.
(Two competitive brothers... One sent his bro' a huge boulder for his birthday... the other sends back a load of gravel with a note: "She was pregnant... here's your share of the kids!")
A single earthquake can release as much energy as 200,000,000 tons of dynamite! This is 10,000 times more powerful than the energy released in the first atomic bomb!
(But only half as powerful as one of my 'oopsies' after Grandma's chili!)
It can take up to 50 gallons (190 litres) of maple sap to make 1 gallon (3.75 litres) of maple syrup! (Ok, so how many people does it take!??)
The apple is a member of the rose family. (So, send a dozen Granny Smiths to your sweetheart on Valentines! It's a helluva lot cheaper than flowers!)
The chances of two identical manual typewriters typing identical characters (in terms of defects and alignments) is 1 in 3,000,000,000,000 (That's 3 trillion!)
(The chances of finding a manual typewriter these days are immeasureable!!!)
A Peanut is a legume. (Awww, c'mon! That's just nuts!)
The abacus was invented in Babylonia in 2000 B.C.E. (Before the Common Era), about 1,000 years before it reached the Orient. (That's almost as fast as Canada Post!)
A flea can jump 13 inches (33 cm), which would be equivalent to a human leaping the length of two football fields. (Canadian or American rules?)
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