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StellaThomas says...



The person with the most pictures of themselves produced is Queen Elizabeth II (stamps and coins included!)

Hyenas have the strongest jaws of any mammal. This is because they're scavengers and have to get the most nutrients out of bare carcasses they can. So their jaws are able to crack bones so that they can suck bone marrow out of the centre.

On another safari note, warthogs run with their tails straight up so other warthogs can see them in the long grass.

There is a structure in your throat called the Dehiscence of Killian.
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February is the only month that can pass without a full moon. The last time this happened was in 1999, and it will happen again in 2018.
  





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Rook says...



There is a city called Rome on every continent.

I'm pretty sure there's no Rome on Antarctica...

There are four known species of horseshoe crabs, only one of which lives in North America. And they're not really crabs at all, they're more closely related to arachnids.
Instead, he said, Brother! I know your hunger.
To this, the Wolf answered, Lo!

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GeeLyria says...



Carrie Underwood and Emily Osment look like they could be sisters.
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lostthought says...



There's a town in Alaska who had a cat as mayor. (I know people say cats are wise, but isn't this taking it a bit too far?)
"Aaloo is potato in urdu, like AAAAAA-loo, or like AAAAA-look such delicious deliciousness."
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Spotswood says...



The Mass Effect series has objectively the best cast of any video game ever.

Jennifer Hale, Raphael Sbarge, Jeremy Irons, Kristen Bell, Martin Sheen, Buzz Aldrin (yes, the astronaut)
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Lava says...



In the first few weeks, a baby makes almost all sounds of different human languages. But then, conditioning in the formative years reduces the baby's ability to hear/understand/make that sound.

So at one point I would've been able to differentiate the different sh/x/c sounds in mandarin.
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Isaac Newton predicted that the world will end in 2060.
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Zolen says...



Albert Einstein was a alchemist and because of heavy use of "quick silver" in his test he eventually went insane.
Self quoting is the key to sounding wise and all knowing.
  





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Hoverflow says...



My middle name is Joy. Knew you wanted to know that!
  








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