| Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. A fully grown bear can run as fast as a horse. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene. Assuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40,320 ways to arrange the other eight reindeer. The Japanese word "arigato," meaning thank you, is derived from the Portugese word "obrigado." Portugal once had a thriving trade with Japan. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will float to the top and sink to the bottom, over and over. Because of the immense pressure, Jupiter's core is metal. This metal is hydrogen. A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral. 49.6% of US residents live in Eastern time zone, 29.3% live in the Central time zone, 5.3% live in the Mountain time zone, 15.0% live in the Pacific time zone and .8% live in any other time zone. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and found out how to walk up straight staircases. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The average sixty minute audio cassette tape has 562.5 feet of tape in it, nearly two football fields long. There was a real Dr. Pepper, and his research showed humans get tired at 10 am, 2 and 4 PM, which is why he encouraged his elixir to be used at 10,2 and 4. If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long. Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of F. The telephone dial tone is also in the key of F. |
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