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20 Fun and Amazing Facts

20 Fun and Amazing Facts

Nevin March 31, 2012 0

 

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Vegetarians Beware

Vegetarians Beware

Nevin March 30, 2012 0

Vegetarians Beware: many low-fat and nonfat yogurts and sweets contain gelatin, which is made from animal tendons, ligaments, and bones

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Listen and Silent

Listen and Silent

Nevin March 30, 2012 0

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Steel Dissolving Stomach Acid

Steel Dissolving Stomach Acid

Nevin March 29, 2012 1

Stomach acid is about a million times more acidic than drinking water and quite a bit more acidic than lemon juice or vinegar. In fact, the acid in our stomach is so strong it could dissolve a

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Letter B Without Lips

Letter B Without Lips

Nevin March 29, 2012 0

You can’t say “B” without both your lips touching…try it!

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Nelson Mandela’s Real Name

Nelson Mandela’s Real Name

Nevin March 28, 2012 0

Nelson  Mandela was born Rolihlahla Mandela , which means  ”troublemaker.” The name Nelson was not given until his first day at school by his teacher. Africans generally have both an English and an African name. Whites were

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Oldest Goldfish In The World

Oldest Goldfish In The World

Nevin March 28, 2012 0

Tish, the oldest goldfish recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, lived for 43 years after being won as a prize at a fanfare in 1956. Tish was living in UK and had grown to 11.5cm over the years.

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Brainless Starfish

Brainless Starfish

Nevin March 27, 2012 0

Starfish have no brains in the true sense of the term.  They have rather complex nervous systems, with a distributed brain. All echinoderms have a network of interlacing nerves called a nerve plexus which lies within,

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Short-term Memory

Short-term Memory

Nevin March 27, 2012 0

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It takes a lot of little nuts to make a Jar of Peanut Butter

It takes a lot of little nuts to make a Jar of Peanut Butter

Nevin March 26, 2012 0

One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches

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