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Alloy : bronze
Composition : cu (75 to 90%), sn (25 to 10%)
Use : for making coins, idols, utencils.

Alloy : brass
Composition : cu(60% to 80%), zn (40 to 20%)
Use : for making household utencils.

In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate

Aircraft id mark :
Zimbabwe : z

There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world

It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach

Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old

It is illegal in Lafayette, Louisiana to play a musical instrument for the purpose of attracting attention, without a license.

Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose

Most of a hog's sweat glands are in its snout.

Every year Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes, 1,000 of which measure above 3.5 on the Richter scale

The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week

Pope Adrian VI choked to death after a fly got stuck in his throat as he was taking a drink from a fountain

On a bingo card of 90 numbers there are approximately 44 million possible ways to make bingo.

An ant can detect a movement through 5 centimeters of earth

Navel oranges got their name because the bottom of this type of orange resembles a belly button or navel

In what country will you find the most Universities? India.

Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever

The Sphinx ( famous pyramid) was carved from one piece of stone.

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