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521/ During conscription for
WWII, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles.
522/ Both Hitler and Napoleon
were missing one testicle.
523/ Stalin's left foot had
webbed toes and his left arm was noticeably shorter then his
right.
524/ Medieval Knights put
sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure
grip.
525/ Killer Whales (Orcas)
kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from
underneath, causing the shark to explode.
526/ Twelve or more cows are
known as a "flink".
527/ Jeremy Bentham, a British
philosopher who died in 1832, left his entire estate to the
London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside
over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted
with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting
for 92 years.
528/ Methane Gas can often
be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced
by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
529/ There are more than 1,700
references to gems and precious stones in the King James version
of the Bible.
530/ The E. Coli bacterium
propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch
in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors
built to date by man. The rotation of the bacterial motor
comes from a current of protons. The efficiency of the motor
approaches 100 per cent.
531/ Henry Ford produced the
model T only in black because the black paint available at
the time was the fastest to dry.
532/ All dinosaurs walked
on their toes.
533/ The first airline, DELAG,
was established on October 16th, 1909, to carry passengers
between German cities by Zeppelin airships.
534/ Francis Scott Key was
a young lawyer who wrote the poem, 'The Star Spangled Banner',
after being inspired by watching the Americans fight off the
British attack of Baltimore during the war of 1812. The poem
became the words to the National Anthem.
535/ The word 'nerd' was first
coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I ran the Zoo'.
536/ A fresh egg will sink
in water, but a stale one won't.
537/ Peter the Great of Russia
taxed people for growing beards.
538/ Cockroaches can go without
eating for three months, as long as they have water.
539/ The two longest snakes
are the green anaconda of South America and the reticulated
python of Asia, growing to be more than 30 feet (9 Metres)
long.
540/ Sea Otters use so much
energy that they need to eat as much as one-third of their
weight each day.
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