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Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

There are only thirteen blimps in the world.

The three largest land-owners in England are the Queen, the Church of England and Trinity College, Cambridge.

If you come from Manchester, you are a Mancunian.

Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.

Emus cannot walk backwards.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Libya has the only flag which is all one color with no writing or decoration on it.

The only borough of New York City that isn't an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx.

When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield it's first consumable fruit.

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

The geographical center of North America is near Rugby, North Dakota.

Hacky-sack was invented in Turkey.

Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of F.

The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular.

Camel's milk does not curdle.

The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.

"Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison.

The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate."

Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Iowa has more independent telephone companies than any other state.

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

Dracula is the most filmed story of all time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is second and Oliver Twist is third.

Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes.

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.

Mice, whales, elephants, giraffes and man all have seven neck vertebra.

Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called scuds.

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' symbolizes 'two women living under one roof'.

In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same.

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

The poisonous copperhead smells likefresh cut cucumbers.

The smallest mushroom's name is "Hop-low."

Jamie Farr (who played Klinger on M*A*S*H) was the only member of the cast who actually served as a soldier in the Korean war.

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119.

The shortest verse in the Bible is "Jesus wept."

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'

The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element.'

Bananas do not grow on trees, but on rhizomes.

A cat has four rows of whiskers.

The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have 1 syllable... it has three.

A bear has 42 teeth.

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5 megabytes.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Only humans and horses have hymens.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The most eastern part of the western world is located in Ilomantsi, Finland.

The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

Chicago is closer to Moscow than to Rio de Janeiro.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Tigars have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile".

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the two left-handed Beatles.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

Selected exhibit

The hedgehog in a cage moreis closely connected with the work of the writer Jaroslav Foglar and his literary and serial characters Rychlé šípy (Fast Arrows). In iQpark you can try to set the hedgehog free from the cage, which is very similar to its literary “example” in its design and manipulation, but not in size.

 

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