Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock"was the first use of a rock and roll song in a Hollywood film. Blackboard Jungle 1955
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The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws.
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Ukraine is the largest country entirely on the continent of Europe. Ukraine has a total area of 603,628 square km.
Putin just wants peace A piece of the Ukraine, evidently. :o |
A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
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Holes in Swiss cheese are carefully regulated by the USDA. Holes are not allowed to be larger than 3/8 of an inch
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In Spain, the Danish saint and king, Knud the Holy, is the saint for parking spaces.
His help can be invoked with a little prayer "San Canuto, San Canuto, que encuentre sitio en un minuto", which can be translated to "Sankt Knud, Sankt Knud, get me a parking space in a minute." However, students celebrate him as the patron saint of cannabis smoking, the reason for the last "saint area" is that his name in Spanish, "Canuto", is a slang term for joint. Markus |
Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards.
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Cheese takes up about 1/10 the volume of the milk it was made from
No whey!! |
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds; dogs only have 10.
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There were no banks in the United States until after the Revolutionary War.
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A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet (91 m) long in just one night.
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Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.
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Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.
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Elizabeth Taylor was born with a genetic "defect". She had a double row of eyelashes, which incidentally added to the striking nature of her eyes.
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Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern.
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