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Interesting Fast Facts. Part 2. The words ‘racecar’, ‘kayak’, and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. (palindromes). A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Interesting Fast Facts

Interesting Fast FactsPart 2

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The words ‘racecar’, ‘kayak’, and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read

left to right or right to left.(palindromes)

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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

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A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

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A snail can sleep for 3 years.

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Almonds are a member of the peach family.

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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

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Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child

reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full

moon!

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In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite!

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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid!

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There are more chicken than people in the world.

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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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Every day is about 55 billionths of a

second longer than the day before it.

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Fingerprints of koala bears are similar

(in pattern, shape, and size) to the fingerprints of

humans.

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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

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The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

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As of 2006, more than 1 in 8 people in the United States show signs of

addiction to the Internet.

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The more panels a football has-and therefore the more seams- the easier

it is to control in the air.

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Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

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The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth’s surface.

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The total combined weight of the world’s ant population is heavier

than the weight of the human population.

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The number of people alive on Earth right now is higher than the number

of people that have EVER died.

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Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the United States.

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Pinocchio was made of pine.

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Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

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Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

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“Jaws” is the most common name for a goldfish.

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On an average work day, a typist’s fingers travel 12.6 miles.

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Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.

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In a normal lifetime, an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts.

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America’s best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla.

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There are 7 points on the Statue of

Liberty’s crown.

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The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.

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The average American eats 263 eggs a year.

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The first zoo in the United States was located in Philadelphia.

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The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E & F is

“feedback”.

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The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.

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The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

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To see a rainbow, you must have your back to the sun.

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The most common speed limit sign in the United States is 25 m.p.h.

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The average American drinks enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.

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Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers.

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Coca-cola was originally green.

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Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter was “Tom

Sawyer”.

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The highest point in PA is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

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The average person will spend 2 weeks over their lifetime waiting for the

traffic light to change.

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Butterflies taste with their feet.

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The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

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Starfish do not have brains.

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Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

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Polar bears are left-handed.