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Interesting Facts # 5

  • Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar.
  • Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
  • Galileo became totally blind just before his death. This is probably because of his constant gazing at the sun through his telescope.
  • By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
  • The "black box" that houses an airplane's voice recorder is orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash.
  • Some china is called "bone" china because some powdered animal bone is mixed in with the clay used to make this china: it gives the china a special kind of strength, whiteness, and translucency.
  • The largest pyramid in the world is not in Egypt but in Cholulu de Rivadahia, Mexico. It is 177 feet tall and covers 25 acres. It was built sometime between 6 and 12 AD.
  • Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
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