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Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009

Updated: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

* Sound travels about four times faster in water than in air.

* The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J.”

* Velcro was invented by a Swiss Man who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing.

* Knowledge is growing so fast that 90 percent of what we will know in fifty years time, will be discovered in those fifty years.

* The United States consumes 25 percent of all the world’s energy.

* Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

* Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

* Sea otters have 2 coats of fur.

* The leg muscles of a locust are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.

* Armadillos, possums and sloth’s spend about 80 percent of their lives sleeping.

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