Strange But True

The pineapple was originally called a spiky pear.
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A community of ants is called a colony.
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A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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As you sip soda through a straw, it is not your suction but the weight of the air outside the straw that pumps the soda into your mouth.
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North-central USA is rightly or wrongly known for its simple unsophisticated people and the home of Quaker Oats cereals.
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The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
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If you come from Manchester, you are a Mancunian.

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