Miscellaneous

Bizarre Fact #331:
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There are more than 200 different types of Barbie Dolls.

Bizarre Fact #332:
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There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Bizarre Fact #333:
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There is a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, built entirely of newspaper. The Paper House at Pigeon Cove, as it is called, is made of 215 thicknesses of newspaper. According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.

Bizarre Fact #334:
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Three teaspoons make up one tablespoon.

Bizarre Fact #335:
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To prevent some numbers from occurring more frequently than others, dice used in crap games in Las Vegas are manufactured to a tolerance of 0.0002 inches, less than 1/17 the thickness of a human hair.

Bizarre Fact #336:
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Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism.

Bizarre Fact #337:
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Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.

Bizarre Fact #338:
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Vellum, a fine-quality writing parchment, is prepared from animal skin: lambs, kids, and very young calves. Coarser, tougher types are made from the skins of male goats, wolves, and older calves. Vellum replaced papyrus and was superseded by paper.

Bizarre Fact #339:
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Western Electric mass-produced color telephones for the first time in 1954.

Bizarre Fact #340:
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WHAT CAN TELL ABOUT AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FROM ITS NUMBER? If it's an odd-number, it's a north-south route. Even-numbered Interstates run east-west. A three-digit number beginning with an even-number is a beltway while a three-digit number beginning with an odd-number is a bypass or spur.