Reasons

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Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

 

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The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!)

 

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In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

 

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Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

 

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Tough old man invented it

 

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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

 

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Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

 

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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

 

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The two longest one-syllable words in the English language is "screeched. & strengths."

 

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Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-20-33.

 

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there is no such thing as a comfortable bra.

 

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Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

 

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All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

 

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A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened

 

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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

 

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

 

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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

 

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

 

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Cat's urine glows under a black light.

 

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The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.

 

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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

 

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Chrysler built B-29's engines that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

 

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On the new hundred-dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

 

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The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note depicts a likeness of the front of the Lincoln Memorial as it appeared in 1922 when it was first dedicated. At that time, there were only 48 states that made up the United States of America. The names of 26 states were engraved on the front of the Memorial. This is why only the names of 26 states appear in the vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note. In the upper frieze of the façade in the vignette the states are from left to right: Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. In the lower frieze from left to right the names of the states are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Carolina, Hampshire, Virginia and New York.

 

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All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

 

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Almonds are members of the peach family.

 

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If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050

 

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The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

 

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The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 Oz.

 

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