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January 31, 2017

* FACTS 76

Hi Friends!

1. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

2. There is a city called Rome in every continent.

3. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

4. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definition!

5. The word "Queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

6. The great wall of China is 1500 miles long and can be seen from outer space.

7. The Penguin is the only Bird that can swim, but not fly.

8. The largest Employer is the World is the Indian Railways, Employing over one million people.

9. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

10. More people are killed each year from bee stings than from snakes bites.

11. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

12. The native name of Russia is Rossiya.

13. On march 23rd 2178, Pluto will complete only its first full orbit around sun since its discovery.

14. The University of Washington plant to offer "calling bullshit in the Age of big Data," a class that helps students spot inaccurately science.

15. Each Jackal family has their own yipping sound that only members of their family respond to.

16. At wildlife facility Nurtured by Nature visitors can pet, feed, and swim with animals, including others, sloths, and owls, among others.

17. There's no hard evidence that over the counter cough syrups actually soothe acute coughing.

18. An elephant once charged through a door and a wall of a home in India but stopped when it heard a baby crying. It then brushed the debris from the child with its trunk and return to the forest.

19. New research has found that the more visually creative a person is, the lower the quality of their sleep.

20. Doctors in Japan recently discovered a tiny brain inside of a 16 year old girl's ovarian tumor while removing the growth.

21. Subscriptions to streaming music services increased by 50% in 2016, totally 92 million.

22. Leopard slugs mate dangling upside down from a thread of mucus, which allows them to wrap their giant penises around each other.

23. Homeland security now says that green card holders from the 7 countries include in Trump's ban are allowed in the U.S.

24. Only 5 press secretaries have stayed for the full term of the U.S president who hired them.

25. Swimming in deep waters can increase your sex appeal.

Enjoy!