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The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia

Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.

Basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records

Volkswagen was the first foreign company to open a factory in the United States. The auto plant opened in 1978 in Pennsylvania.

In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British

An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long.

Gender role is the role a person is expected to perform as a result of being male or female in a particular culture.

During the US Civil war 200,000 blacks served in the Union Army; 38,000 gave their lives; 22 won the Medal of Honor.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines

A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.

The Angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

The sloth moves so slowly that it's fur offers a comfortable environment for algae to grow.

Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin

In 1936, England became the first country in the world to provide regular public broadcasting on television.

Cheese was first made in the Middle East when hunters became herders and realized that milk could solidify (sour milk).

We blink our eyes once every six second i.e. in the course of a life time we blink about 250 million times.

The fleshy projection above the bill of a turkey is called a snood.

Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.

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