2 |
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The planet Mars has 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos. |
3 |
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Racing legend Dale Earnhardt drove car #3. |
5 |
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The American 5-cent piece weighs 5 grams. |
7 |
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A horseshoe, symbol of good luck, has holes for 7 nails. |
11 |
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There are 11 stars in Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. |
13 |
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A baker's dozen is a group of 13. |
17 |
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The Parthenon is 17 columns long. |
19 |
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The Statue of Liberty's torch shines through leaded glass, illuminated by 19 lamps. |
23 |
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Human beings have 23 pair of chromosomes. |
29 |
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The human skull is made up of 29 bones. |
31 |
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Speed limit in downtown Trenton, Tennessee. |
37 |
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The normal body temperature for humans is 37 degrees Celsius. |
41 |
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A molecule of penicillin has 41 atoms. |
43 |
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It requires 43 muscles to frown. |
47 |
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Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts mentions the "fact" that mosquitoes have 47 teeth. |
53 |
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There are 53 prime days in a leap year. |
59 |
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The largest recorded wave in the Atlantic was 59 feet. |
61 |
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Roger Maris ended the season with 61 home runs in '61. |
67 |
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The state of South Dakota has 67 counties. |
71 |
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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the world's fastest jet. |
73 |
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The record number of major league home runs hit in one season is 73. |
79 |
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Pompeii was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. |
83 |
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The TI-83 is a programmable graphing calculator. |
89 |
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The US Air Force 89th Presidential Airlift Group consists of the President's
Air Force One airplanes. |
97 |
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There are 97 leap days every 400 years in the Gregorian calendar. |
101 |
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians is one of Walt Disney's best cartoon films. |
103 |
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The world's largest tree is the General Sherman Tree, a sequoia in Sequoia National Park,
California. The trunk has a circumference of 103 feet. |
107 |
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Rudy Giuliani was the 107th mayor of New York City. |
109 |
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The boat PT 109 was commanded by future President John Kennedy during World War II. |
113 |
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Element number 113 is called Ununtrium. |
127 |
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The thickness of a human hair is approximately 1/127 inch. |