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1.Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents

2.NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing 

3.There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400. 

4.Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone 

5.The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour 

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

7.The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people

8.The word "comet" comes from the Greek word "kometes" meaning long hair and referring to the tail 

9.The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half

10.The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres 

11.The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter "X," they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas 

12.Japan has approximately 200 volcanoes and is home to 10% of the active volcanoes in the world 

13.The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes  

14.Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system

15.Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations

16.The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton 

17.The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements

18.The words "abstemioius," and "facetious" both have all the five vowels in them in order

19.Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world 

20.The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses 

21.The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe 

22.Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters

23.The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want 

24.The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10? inches

25.The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is.        

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