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Trivia & Amazing Facts [14-8-15]


Trivia & Amazing Facts 

  • The word "bookkeeper" is the only word in the English language with three, back-to-back double letter combinations.
  • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  • The planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus, Uranus and Pluto which rotate clockwise. No one knows why.
  • Every year we dispose of 24 million tons of leaves and grass clippings, which could be composted to conserve landfill space.
  • Revolvers cannot be silenced, due to all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.