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1. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

2. Some lipsticks contain fish scales.

3. Cat urine glows under a black light.

4. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

5. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

6. The average person's left-hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard; Hunting and pecking don't count!).

7. A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.

8. The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "scrunched" and "strengths"

9. Some suggest that "squirreled" could be included, but squirrel is intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries. "Screeched" and "strengths" are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters.

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

11. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

12. Maine is the only state in the US that has a one-syllable name.

13. There are only four words in the English language that in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

14. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

15. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

16. In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

17. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street are named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

18. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

19. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

20. Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.

21. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

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