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Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
To buy a McDonald's extra value meal in Russia it would cost the average Russian worker 1 months pay.
The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
All U.S Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
No president of the United States was an only child.
It is possible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process.
Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.
Out of all of the postage stamps in the United States with people's faces on them, there is not one that has the picture of someone alive.
You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.
Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.
President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.
Every swiss citizen is required to have access to a bomb shelter.
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