Saturday 1 September 2007

Things you didn’t need to Know

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time - 1/100th of a second.
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Babies are born without kneecaps. They have none until a child is somewhere between 2 to 6 years of age.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have had a full moon.
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In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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The Hippopotamus is born underwater.
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The venom of the King Cobra is so deadly that simply handling it can put one in a coma.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows – it was the fashion at the time to shave them off.
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On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
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A mole can dig a tunnel 100 yards long in one night.
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