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The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips
in times of war or other emergencies.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train
driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears never stop growing.

David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones
until he saw the screening of the movie.

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

In every episode of 'Seinfeld' there is a Superman somewhere.

Barbie's measurements, if she were life-size, would be: 39-23-33.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capitol without a McDonald's.

The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940's, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for Blacks and Whites.

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

The cruiseliner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches
for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City,
after the Catholic Church.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

Back in the mid-to-late 1980's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

It takes about a half gallon of water to cook macaroni,
and about a gallon to clean the pot.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

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