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[Sami Yusuf Islam]

shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

Camel's milk does not curdle.

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

[Sami Yusuf Islam]

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards (locked).

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

[Sami Yusuf Islam]

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.

[Sami Yusuf Islam]

The only nation who's name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.