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 In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

 The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the

cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

 A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

 The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

 Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.

 "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

 Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. They're technically considered a

single-seeded berry, believe it or not.

 The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer, due to thermal

expansion meaning the iron heats up, the particles gain kinetic energy and

take up more space.

 Trypophobia is the fear of closely-packed holes. Or more specifically, "an

aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or

bumps." No crumpets for them, then.


 Australia is wider than the moon. The moon sits at 3400km in

diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.

 'Mellifluous' is a sound that is pleasingly smooth and musical to hear.

 The Spice Girls were originally a band called Touch. "When we first

started [with the name Touch], we were pretty bland," Mel C told The

Guardian in 2018. "We felt like we had to fit into a mould."

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