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In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.
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| If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. |
| Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color. |
| Only female mosquitoes bite. |
| Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale. |
| Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places. |
| Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time. |
| Women blink nearly twice as much as men. |
| Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. |
| Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year. |
| One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. |
| It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World. |
| The original game of "Monopoly" was circular. |
| Bees die when they after they sting. |
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