the most random of facts

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Hi everyone! I'm sorry that new facts haven't been posted in a long while. I spent last semester studying abroad. I'm going to be a senior in college so my life is sorta up in the air! Once school starts, I'm going to queue up a bunch of facts so that they get rolling! 

And I apologize in advance if any facts start to repeat. Its been so long (and I know so many facts...) that its difficult to remember what I've put up and haven't put up!

Thanks everyone for sticking around! It makes me smile that 55 people follow this blog! 

~Tori

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A group of monkeys is called a "troop."

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Penguins are one of about 40 species of flightless birds. Other flightless birds include rheas, cassowaries, kiwis, ostriches, and emus. Most flightless birds live in the Southern Hemisphere.

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It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".

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The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

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The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

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St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

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President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

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In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

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A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

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Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

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The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

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Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

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A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

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The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

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There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

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It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.