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Fact Of The Day

In particle physics, a 'barn' is an area about a billionth of the width of a silk fibre. It's called a barn because it's so huge.

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The praying mantis has an ear between its legs.

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Fact Of The Day

The word 'subitize' means 'to perceive the number of objects in a small group without actually counting them'.

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Alan Partridge

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A moose can feel a fly landing on its antlers.

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Quote Of The Day

The best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well. 

ALFRED HITCHCOCK (1899-1980)

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Fact Of The Day

In ancient Roman plays, if the script called for the death of one of the characters, the actor would sometimes be replaced at the last minute by a condemned rapist or murderer who would then be actually killed on stage.

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Male lions sleep for twenty hours a day.

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Fact Of The Day

The 4.5 million ties bought each year in America for Father's Day would stretch from New York to Rome.

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Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

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Dancing On The Moon

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Quote Of The Day

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it. HORACE GREELEY (1811-72)

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Fact Of The Day

Chrematophobia is the fear of money.

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Bill Bailey’s Crown Trouble

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A giraffe can lick inside its own ears.

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