CLIFF CLAVIN FACTS

Your daily dose of random, interesting and funny facts.

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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

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It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

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According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.

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The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

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The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

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A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

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Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.

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A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

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There are over 52.6 million dogs in the U.S.

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The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI.

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There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.

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It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.

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Cats can hear ultrasound.

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It was once against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.

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A skunk can spray its stinky scent more than 10 feet.

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A jumbo jet uses 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.

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In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.