A human adult eyeball weighs about 1 ounce.
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Candy corn has 3.57 calories per kernel.
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Anchovies do not grow larger than eight inches. They swim in massive schools.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was related by blood or marriage to 11 former presidents.
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The 2005 Honda Odyssey minivan has 17 cupholders.
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"Saturday Night Live” (1975-present) has 20 live episodes per season.
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Walt Disney (1901-1966) made 21 feature-length animated films.
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The human skull is made up of 30 different bones.
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The National Football League has 32 teams.
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The largest number of piglets born in one litter was 34.
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People are willing to travel 36 miles, on average, to their favorite ethnic food restaurant or store.
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How many dots are on a pair of dice? See answer at end.
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The traditional gift for a 65th wedding anniversary is a star sapphire.
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The voyage of the Mayflower took 66 days. The pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. in December 1620.
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Women purchase 67 percent of flowers.
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Disney’s "Snow White” (1938) is 83 minutes long.
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A standard Slinky stretched out flat is 87 feet long.
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The air in an average sized room weighs about 90 pounds.
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Cars are the most recycled product in the world. Out of all the cars that are taken out of service, 97 percent are recycled.
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The total size of Vatican City is 109 acres.
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Paul Lynch achieved the record for doing the most one-fingered push-ups. In 1992 he did 124 push-ups with his unusually strong digit.
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John Wayne (1907-1979) played the male lead in 142 films.
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The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
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There are over 200 different viruses that cause a cold.
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There are over 200 types of mushrooms that are poisonous to humans. The Death Cup and the Destroying Angel are two of the fatal mushrooms that destroy the body’s cells.
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There are 210 calories in a Kelloggs Pop-Tart.
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New York’s Central Park in home to 215 different species of birds.
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In 1990, American Dave Campos made the world record for fastest speed on a motorcycle. He rode his Easyrider with Ruxton Harley Davidson engines at 322 mph.
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On "The Honeymooners” (1955-1956), Ralph Kramden’s address is 328 Chauncey Street. That was the actual address of actor Jackie Gleason’s childhood home.
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A flea can jump 350 times its body length.
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A mosquito flaps its wings 500 times a second.
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Caterpillars have more than 2,000 muscles.
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The Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 pounds.
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Clint Eastwood’s (born 1930) most famous role was as a tough, streetwise cop in the 1971 movie "Dirty Harry.” Dirty Harry’s badge read "Inspector 2211, SF Police.”
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There are 3,086 counties in the United States. That’s an average of 62 counties per state.
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One pound of fat equals 3,500 calories.
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It takes approximately 4,000 coffee beans to make a pound of roasted coffee.
Answer: A pair of dice has 42 dots.
Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs in the weekend and Wednesday editions of the Daily Journal. Questions? Comments? E-mail knowitall@smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 x114.
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