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1661/ The French composer
J.B. Lully, while conducting a concert, pierced his foot with
a pointed baton, and died from the resulting gangrene.
1662/ Each snowflake
is made up of from 2 to about 200 separate crystals.
1663/ The type of crystals
depends on the amount of humidity and temperature present
when they are forming. That's why when it's very cold and
snowing, the flakes are small, and when it's closer to 32
F. the flakes are larger.
1664/ Quartz crystal
is one of the birthstones for April.
1665/ Arabica represents
approximately 70 percent of the world's coffee production.
1666/ Raw coffee beans,
soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many
parts of Africa.
1667/ The Nazi-sympathist
song 'Don't Let's Be Beastly to the German's', was sung seven
times in one evening by Noel Coward, at the request of Winston
Churchill.
1668/ Maurice Ravel,
the French composer, died on 28th December 1937. He suffered
from a debilitating brain disease late in his life, which
left him unable to speak or even sign his name.
1669/ The world's largest
flower is the Rafflesia arnoldi. It can grow to the size of
an umbrella.
1670/ There is enough
energy in one bolt of lightning to power a home for two weeks.
1671/ The collecting
of Beer mats is called Tegestology.
1672/ Marcellus, is the
middle name of Cassius Clay.
1673/ No word in the
English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
1674/ Some lions mate
over 50 times a day.
1675/ Some ribbon worms
will eat themselves if they can’t find any food. (Editors
note - Not very bright behaviour. We DO NOT recommend
our readers copy this practice. Eating yourself can only cause
trouble. You have been warned...)
1676/ Telephone signals
travels at 100,000 miles per second.
1677/ The average adult
male shaves off 1 lb of beard per year.
1678/ The fastest moving
muscle in the human body is the one that opens and closes
the eyelid.
1679/ The only 15-letter
word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
1680/ The Venus flytrap
takes less than half a second to slam shut on an insect.
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