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According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimetres a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and India, which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing the Himalayan peaks to grow slightly each year
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the single-seeded fruit of the giant fan palm, or Lodoicea Maldivica, can weigh 44 lbs. Commonly known as the double coconut or coco de mer, it is found wild only in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
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According to the United Nations F.A.O. yearbook 1991, Australia had a population of 17,800,000 people compared to 162,774,000 sheep [ 9.25 : 1 ], and New Zealand had 3,400,000 people compared to 57,000,000 sheep [16.75 : 1].
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Actress Jayne Mansfield accidentally exhaled her breast out of her dress during the telecast of the Academy Awards in 1957.
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Actress Sarah Bernhardt played the part of Juliet (13 years old) when she was 70 years old.
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Acute hasopharyngitis is more commonly known as a cold.
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Admiral Lord Nelson was less than 1.6 metres tall.
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Adolf Eichmann (responsible for countless Jewish deaths during World war II), was originally a travelling salesman for the Vacuum Oil Co. of Austria.
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Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
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After reading the script for Men in Black, Will Smith did not want any part of the movie. It was wife Jada that persuaded him to take the part.
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