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About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently
covered with ice.
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Alaska and California, with 8 each, are the US states
with the most national park sites.
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All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black,
unless they belong to a high official.
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Disney World in Orlando, Florida covers 30,500 acres
(46 square miles), making it twice the size of the
island of Manhattan, New York.
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Forty-six percent of the world's water is in the Pacific
Ocean; that's around 6 sextillion gallons of water. The
Atlantic has 23.9 percent; the Indian, 20.3; the Arctic,
3.7 percent.
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The Great Lakes have a combined area of 94,230 square
miles - larger than the states of New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont
combined.
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In one month, 243 million files were illegally dowloaded
from P2P services.
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To win a gold Album, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies
in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States.
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A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra inst-
ruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon
to above the top note of the piccolo.
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"...and the Rockets Red Glare"
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem
in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country 'Tis of Thee,"
which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem
God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by
John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than
any song in national anthems.
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Look, there goes Elvis!
It was at a concert in Minneapolis in 1954 that Al
Dvorin first closed Elvis's concerts with: "Ladies and
Gentleman, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and
good night."
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Mr. McCartney
Paul McCartney was the last bachelor Beatle when he
married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London,
1969. Paul's brother Mike was his best man. No other
Beatle attended the wedding. The Beatles song "Martha
My Dear" was written by Paul McCartney about his
sheepdog Martha.
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The horse that starred as Mr. Ed in the TV series, was
a registered American Saddlebred.
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Draught Horses are the world's strongest animals apart
from elephants.
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It is estimated that there are about 750 million horses
in the world.
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Old Bill
Many horses live, (and work), until they are over 30
years old! The oldest recorded horse was a barge horse
in England known as "old Bill". He lived till the grand
old age of 62!
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Different gaits of the horse:
Gait - any forward movement of the horse
Walk - the horse raises its feet one after the other and
puts them down in the same order (4 miles per hour)
Trot or Jog - the horse lifts the front leg on one side
of its body and the hind leg on the other side at the
same time. The other two legs hit the ground together.
The trot is faster than the walk. (9 miles an hour)
Canter - the horse gathers its hind legs under its body
and extends its forelegs. It is a controlled gallop. At
one point, all four feet are off the ground.
(12 - 40 miles an hour)
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We use Mud Masques Too
Mud helps to moisturize and seal the hoof. Without
moisture, the hoof will dry out and crack causing con-
siderable pain for the horse and possibly making him
go lame. Water alone is not always enough to prevent
hoof dryness. Another way to moisturize a horse's hoof
is to use one of the commercial hoof moisturizer products.
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A snail can crawl over the edge of a razor without cutting
itself.
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The plant hydrangeas only produce pink or white flowers
in an alkaline soil, and blue flowers in an acidic soil.
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Humans consume 90 million metric tons of animal protein
from the Ocean every year.
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They don't crawl in your ear!
Earwigs vary in size from 1/2-1" in length, they are brown
to black in color. Species may be winged or wingless. Only
a few species are good fliers. The body terminates in a
pair of forceps. These forceps or pincers are the earwig's
most distinctive characteristic. The forceps are used in
capturing prey and mating.
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Underwater Bath
An area of the Atlantic Ocean floor, known as the mid-ocean
rift, is full of cracks, sometimes 2,400 meters deep. As a
result, water seeps through the earth's crust down to its
molten core. This heats the water, causing it to rise back
up to the ocean. When it hits the cold ocean water, a cloud
is formed. These hot-springs, called hydrothermal vents,
can reach 371 degrees Celsius.
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Just Need Pepper
If all the oceans were to evaporate, the salt left behind
would cover the entire planet with a layer of salt that
was 50 meters (half a soccer field) thick.
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Hewlett Packard's first product was an automatic urinal
flusher.
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Cranberry Jell-O is the only flavor that contains real
fruit flavoring.
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In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
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Too Funny
An employee of the Alabama Department of Transportation
installed spyware on his boss's computer and proved that
the boss spent 10% of his time working (20% of time check-
ing stocks and 70% of the time playing solitaire). The
employee was fired, the boss kept his job.
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A horrible way to go
The worst industrial accident occurred in Bhopal, India,
on December 3, 1984. A deadly chemical gas, leaked out
of Union Carbides pesticide factory, killing more than
2500 people outright and 6000 would later die from
injuries.
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Wild Rice
Wild rice is the official grain of the state of Minnesota.
For many years, most of the wild rice produced in the
world came from Minnesota's shallow lakes
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