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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Real Amazing Facts 21

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
 

After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million.
 

There are 22 stars surrounding the mountain on the Paramount Pictures logo.
 

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
 

There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.
 

In most advertisments, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
 

The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is 'angstschreeuw'.
 

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.  It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
 

The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.
 

The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile".