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Strange but true
* President John F. Kennedy could read four newspapers in 20 minutes and could speak 350 words in one minute.
* The original name for the butterfly was flutterby.
* Venice is the smallest country in the world and is one of the countries which are within a country. The other is San Marino which is in Italy.
* A Duck’s quack doesn't echo.
* Your thumbnail grows slower than your middle finger.
* Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one finger and draw with another.
* The Queen of England has two birthdays.
* One day is not technically 24 hours but it is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.09seconds.
* When a glass breaks the cracks move at a speed of up to 3,000 miles per hour and the camera to measure it must be at a speed of one millionth of a second.
* The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a life time which is enough to fill two swimming pools.
* When you sneeze all your body functions stops even your heart.
* Princess Diana was the most photographed woman in the world.
* If the world's total land area was divided equally among world's people, each person would get 8.5 acres.
* There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than Canadians in Canada.
Contributed by Basil Ishaq
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