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3641/ There are no irregular verbs in Esperanto (You can see examples of irregular verbs in the English language here)

3642/ An average tea bag contains two grams of tea.

3643/ According to criminal law the minimum number of people required to constitute a 'riot' is three.

3644/ There are three teaspoon measures in one tablespoon.

3645/ A cuckoo has four toes on each foot.

3646/ Under USGA rules the maximum time a player or caddy can search for a lost golf ball is five minutes.

3647/ The are seven bones in the neck of a Giraffe. This is also the same number as are found in the neck of humans.

3648/ Only 7 of Emily Dickinsons poems, out of the more than 1700 that she wrote, were published during her lifetime.

3649/ In order for a bowling pin to fall over it requires a minimum tilt of 7.5 degrees.

3650/ There has only ever been one Pope who has abdicated. Pope Celestine V was elected to Papal office on July 5th, 1294, and abdicated on December 13th of that same year.

3651/ There is only one time zone in China, despite the fact that the country is wide enough to encompass several; the Government of China choose to have just one for the whole country.

3652/ The Kinkajou's tail is twice as long as its body. Every night it wraps itself in its tail and uses it as a pillow.

3653/ An elephant may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day.

3654/ In 1926 A.A Milne's book Winnie the Pooh was published by E.P Dutton and Company. Two years later, they released The House at Pooh Corber. In the seven decades since then, the two books sold more than 14 million copies in more than twelve different languages.

3655/ In 1926 A.A Milne's book Winnie the Pooh was published by E.P Dutton and Company. Two years later, they released The House at Pooh Corber. In the seven decades since then, the two books sold more than 14 million copies in more than twelve different languages.

3656/ The number of human ova necessary to repopulate the world could fit into a chicken egg.

3657/ A barnacle's penis is 150 percent of its body length.

3658/ In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver in a tollbooth.

3659/ When Gore Vidal was asked if the first person he had sex with was male or female, he apparently replied that he had been too polite to ask.

3660/ Minnesota has 14,215 named lakes.

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