1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

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Lobsters, like snails and spiders, have blue blood due to the presence of haemocyanin which contains copper (in contrast, vertebrates and ma...

The number googolplex is so big there is not enough space in the universe to write it down.

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A googolplex is a ten powered by a googol of zeros. It is so big, that there is not enough space in the entire observable universe just to w...

The pancreas produces Insulin.

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Insulin stops the use of fat as an energy source by inhibiting the release of glucagon. With the exception of the metabolic disorder diabete...
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Lucy and Linus from Peanuts (who where brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left-field on Charlie Brown's baseball team, [when he could find it!]).

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Lucille “Lucy” van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip  Peanuts , written and drawn byCharles Schulz. She is the mai...

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

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The concept for  E.T.  was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents’ divorce in 1960. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathiso...

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

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On May 23, 1911, the main branch of the New York Public Library was officially opened in a ceremony presided over by President William Howar...

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10

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U.S. statesman, inventor, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin is currently featured on the obverse of the bill. On the reverse of the banknote is...