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• Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

• Months that begin on Sunday will always have a Friday the 13^th.
   
• 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.
   
• All babies are born color blind.
   
• Just like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
   
• Butterflies have about 1,200 eyes. However, they are bunched together, so they kind of look like one big eye.
   
• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
   
• Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
   
• It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
   
• Airports that are at higher altitude require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
   
• More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
   
• A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50,000 meters into the atmosphere.
   
• One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
   
• A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
   
• Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people.
   
• A 1 ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
   
• Your heart beats over 100,000 times per day.
   
• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
   
• You burn more calories in your sleep than by watching TV.
   
• If you keep a goldfish in the dark long enough, it will eventually turn white.
   
• A shrimp's heart is in its head.
   
• Your foot is the same length as your forearm.
   
• Chewing gum while peeling onions reduces tears.

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