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One Species In Which Dad Does All The Work - Seahorse
In seahorses, it’s the male who gets pregnant. He incubates the offspring for three weeks, spends about 72 hours in labor, then gives birth to up to 200 baby seahorses at a time.
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Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
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No Burped Compliments to the Chef on the ISS
Astronauts in space cannot belch – without gravity, gas cannot separate from liquids in their stomachs.
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Nice Thread.
It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech.
amazing.
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The average turtle can't reproduce until its 25 years old.
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Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work
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The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument
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Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying
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interesting facts NyFella. keep 'em coming :k:
Here’s another:
The kitchen appliance staple known as the Microwave Oven was invented after a researcher happened to walk by a high-powered radar tube one day and a chocolate bar in his pocket melted.
I should try this one, it had better work 
I’ve heard that accidents have led to quite a few new discoveries.
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You know I've heard about the chewing gum bit and I've tried it too and amazingly it works!!
Just like the one which states if you light a candle near you when you're peeling/cutting onions, no tears!!!
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some people say the same thing about their wife's cooking - and they dont even have to pinch the nose or close the eyes.
I say the same about my wives :D
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One out of 20 people have an extra rib :halo:
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do try and let us know 
i duno about the candles thing, but i sure needed them during the power outage we had!
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August has the highest percentage of births
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Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros).
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A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance.
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The average raindrop falls at seven mph.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime