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Hawaii has no native ground mammals, reptiles, or amphibians.
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Krakatoa is not "East of Java." It is west.
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As an artifact from the infamous 1930s rivalry between "Public Enemy Number One" John Dillinger and Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, Dillinger's image reportedly still graces the paper targets of the FBI practice shooting range.
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The Linnean classification (Family, genus, species) of the western lowland gorilla of Africa is Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
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Boris Karloff, famous for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster, won a Grammy for his narration on an album version of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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The typo-correction fluid Liquid Paper was invented by the mother of Michael Nesmith, famed Monkees guitarist.
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Cracks in breaking glass travel an average of 3,000 miles per hour.
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The bathroom is the safest place to be during a tornado, but the most dangerous during a lightning storm.
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Domestic cats cannot be artificially inseminated.
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Ernest Hemingway was once given a six-toed cat by a ship's captain. Now a museum, the Hemingway House is home to more than 50 cats, most of which, being direct descendants, are polydactyl (having extra digits.) |
