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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. |
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The phrase "sleep tight" derives from the fact that early mattresses were filled with straw and held up with rope stretched across the bedframe. A tight sleep was a comfortable sleep. |
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Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic." |
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No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple. |
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The total distance of the United States interstate system is 42,794 miles. |
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eyes." |
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Certain sounds in the English language are real germ spreaders, particularly the sounds of f, p, t, d, and s. |
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A “2 by 4? is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2. |
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The soldiers of World War I were the first people to use the modern flushing toilet. The inventor: Thomas Crapper. |
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1/100 of a second is called a 'jiffy'. |
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The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding. |
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A dot over the letter i is called a tittle. |
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It snowed in the Sahara Desert on Febuary 18, 1979. |
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100% of Lotto Winners gain weight. |
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Banging your head against a wall uses up 150 calories an hour! |
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