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Useless knowledge 1/21/09
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A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
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A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
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During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries....)
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with month, orange, purple, and silver.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
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The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.