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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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This forum has some extremely smart people from all around the globe. Post an interesting fact off the top of your head. I will start:


The gila monster is the largest lizard native to the USA and is primarily found in Arizona and Northern mexico.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:09 AM
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Bacteria can grow to the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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Perchloroethylene is both heavier then water and very volatile, tending to volatilize into the vapor phase and migrate laterally and vertically in soil vapor, the void space between particulates.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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garret morgan the son of slaves invented the modern traffic light in 1920 in detroit
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike!
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by MyEeek,May 14 2008, 01:09 PM
Bacteria can grow to the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
With what screen size and screen resolution?
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