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Mosquito’s are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
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Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on a penny while all the other presidents face to the left on US coins.
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In 1960, the ratio of the average Fortune 500 CEO’s pay to the US president’s salary was 2-to-1. Today, this ratio is around 30-to-1.
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In a volcanic eruption, the violent separation of gas from lava produces a “frothy” rock called pumice, loaded with gas bubbles. Some of this rocks can float.
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The odds of being killed by space debris – 1 in 5 billion.
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The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -89 C at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.
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El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 57.8 C on Sept. 13, 1922 — the hottest ever measured.
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The sunlight we see today started its journey in the core of the Sun 30,000 years ago.
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Every year the moon moves about 3.8 cm further away from the Earth.
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We are moving through space at the rate of 530 km per second.
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The collecting of coasters (drink mats) is called tegestology.
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Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
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The word “pornography” comes from the Greek meaning the “writings of prostitutes.”
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Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sex.
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The average bra size today is 36C. Ten years ago it was 34B.

