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    Fast Facts

    ? There are only four words in the English language which end in “”dous””: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

    ? Los Angeles was founded as “”El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.””

    ? Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur.

    ? The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

    ? A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

    ? There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

    ? The first CD pressed in the United States was Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA.

    ? The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

    ? Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down while shooting so you could see his moves.

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