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A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

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Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

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The difference between male and female blue crabs is the design located on their apron (belly.) The male blue crab has the Washington Monument while the female apron is shaped like the U.S. Capitol.

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Camel's milk does not curdle.

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World currencies

Country	Currency	Symbol	Sub-divisions
Afghanistan	Afghani	Af	100 puls
Albania	Lek	L	100 qindarka (or quintars)
Algeria	Dinar	DA	100 centimes
Argentina	Peso	$	100 centavos
Australia	Dollar	A$	100 cents
Austria	Euro	€	100 cents
Bangladesh	Taka	Tk	100 paisa (or poisha)
Barbados	Dollar	Bds$	100 cents
Belgium	Euro	€	100 cents
Brazil	Real	R$	100 centavos
Brunei	Ringgit	B$ (or Bruneian $)	100 sen (or cents)
Bulgaria	Leva	BGN	100 stotinki
Cambodia	New Riel	CR	100 sen
Canada	Dollar	CAD	100 cents
China	Yuan Renminbi	RMB	10 jiao = 100 fen
Colombia	Peso	Col$	100 centavos
Congo	Franc	CFAF	100 centimes
Croatia	Kuna	HRK	100 lipas
Cyprus	Euro	€	100 cents
Czech Republic	Koruna	CZK	100 halers
Denmark	Krone	DKK	100 cents
Egypt	Pound	£E	100 piasters or 1,000 milliemes
Estonia	Kroon	EEK	100 sents
Ethiopia	Birr	Br	100 cents
Fiji	Dollar	F$	100 cents
Finland	Euro	€	100 cents
France	Euro	€	100 cents
French Polynesia	Franc	CFPF	100 centimes
Gambia	Dalasi	D	100 butut
Germany	Euro	€	100 cents
Greece	Euro	€	100 cents
Greenland	see Denmark	see Denmark	-
Guatemala	Quetzal	Q	100 centavos
Hong Kong	Dollar	HK$	100 cents
Hungary	Forint	HUF	100 forint
Iceland	Króna	IKr	100 aurar (singular: aur)
India	Rupee	Rs	100 paise
Indonesia	Rupiah	Rp	100 sen (no longer in use)
Iran	Rial	Rls	10 rials = 1 toman
Iraq	Dinar	ID	1,000 fils
Ireland	Euro	€	100 cents
Israel	New shekel	NIS	100 new agorot
Italy	Euro	€	100 cents
Jamaica	Dollar	J$	100 cents
Japan	Yen	¥	100 sen (no longer in use)
Jordan	Dinar	JD	1,000 fils
Kazakhstan	Tenge	Te	100 tiyn
Kenya	Shilling	K Sh	100 cents
Korea, North	Won	Wn	100 chon
Korea, South	Won	W	100 chon
Kuwait	Dinar	KD	1,000 fils
Kyrgyzstan	Som	S	100 tyyn
Laos	New kip	KN	100 at
Latvia	Lat	LVL	100 santims
Lebanon	Pound (Livre)	£L	100 piastres
Liberia	Dollar	$	100 cents
Libya	Dinar	LD	1,000 dirhams
Lithuania	Euro	€	100 cents
Luxembourg	Euro	€	100 cents
Macedonia	Denar	Denar / MKD	100 deni
Madagascar	Ariayry franc	FMG	100 centimes
Malawi	Kwacha	MK	100 tambala
Malaysia	Ringgit	RM	100 sen
Maldives	Rufiyaa	Rf	100 lari
Mali	Franc	CFAF	100 centimes
Malta	Euro	€	100 cents
Mauritius	Rupee	Mau Rs	100 cents
Mexico	Peso	Mex$	100 centavos
Mongolia	Tugrik (Tögroög, a.k.a. Tughrik)	T	100 mongos
Montenegro	Euro	€	100 cents
Morocco	Dirham	DH	100 centimes
Mozambique	Metical	Mt	100 centavos
Myanmar	Kyat	K	100 pyas
Namibia	Dollar	N$	100 cents
Nepal	Rupee	NRs	100 paise
Netherlands	Euro	€	100 cents
New Caledonia	Franc	CFPF	100 centimes
New Zealand	Dollar	NZD	100 cents
Niger	Franc	CFAF	100 centimes
Nigeria	Naira	N	100 kobo
Norway	Krone	NOK	100 øre
Oman	Rial	RO	1,000 baizas
Pakistan	Rupee	Rs	100 paisa
Papua New Guinea	Kina	K	100 toeas
Paraguay	Guarani	G	100 centimos
Peru	New sol	S	100 centimos
Philippines	Peso	PHP	100 centavos
Poland	Zloty	PLN	100 groszy
Portugal	Euro	€	(100 centavos)
Qatar	Riyal	QR	100 dirhams
Romania	Leu	L	100 bani
Russia	Ruble	RUB	100 kopecks
Rwanda	Franc	RF	100 centimes
Saudi Arabia	Riyal	SRls	100 halalat
Serbia	Dinar	Din	100 paras
Seychelles	Rupee	SR	100 cents
Singapore	Dollars	SGD	100 cents
Slovakia	Koruna	SKK	100 haliers
Slovenia	Euro	€	100 cents
Solomon Island	Dollar	SI$	100 cents
Somalia	Somali Shilling	Sh	100 centesimi
South Africa	Rand	R	100 cents
Spain	Euro	€	100 cents
Sri Lanka	Rupee	SLRs	100 cents
Sudan	Sudanese Dinar	Dinar	100 piastres
Sweden	Krona	SEK	100 öre
Switzerland	Swiss Franc	CHF	100 rappen
Taiwan	New dollar	NTD	100 cents
Thailand	Baht	Bht	100 stang
Turkey	Lira	TL	100 kurus
Uganda	Shilling	USh	100 cents
United Arab Emirates	Dirham	DH	100 fils
United Kingdom	Pound sterling	£	100 pence
United States of America	Dollar	US$	100 cents
Zambia	Kwach	ZK	100 ngwee
Zimbabwe	Dollar	ZD	100 cents

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Did you know?... The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

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Did you know?...The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

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# Curves of infinite length may enclose finite areas.
# Falsity implies anything.
# There is order in chaos.
# To get cafe au lait one should carry coffee to milk and not milk to coffee.
# Sets may be thick, thin and normal.
# In some circumstances index equals the content.
# In other circumstances, an index may have a content of its own.
# There are things distant yet near. There are others that are near yet distant.
# There are three plane regions that share exactly the same boundary.
# A continuous linear function must have the form f(x)=ax. Discontinuous linear functions look dreadful.
# A continuous function may grow considerably virtually without changing.
# You can't add apples and oranges but you can add their shapes.
# There are many things that can be added: numbers, vectors, matrices, spaces, shapes, sets, functions, equations, strings, chains...
# Among any two integers or real numbers one is larger, another smaller. But you can't compare two complex numbers.
# The only triangle with rational sides and angles is equilateral.
# 0!=1
# One is morally obligated to do everything impossible.
# The word 'fraction' derives from the Latin fractio - to break. However, there are continuous fractions.
# For every object there is a distance at which it looks its best.
# At any given time in New York there live at least two people with the same number of hairs.
# Sometimes in order to add one has to take the difference.
# Demographic tests show that the person least likely to buy Wired magazine is an American schoolteacher.

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# A sphere has two sides. However, there are one-sided surfaces.
# There are shapes of constant width other than the circle. One can even drill square holes.
# There are just five regular polyhedra
# In a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with the probability greater than 1/2
# Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass you can do with the compass alone
# Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area.
# There are curves that fill a plane without holes
# Much as with people, there are irrational, perfect, complex numbers
# As in philosophy, there are transcendental numbers
# As in the art, there are imaginary and surreal numbers
# A straight line has dimension 1, a plane - 2. Fractals have mostly fractional dimension
# You are wrong if you think Mathematics is not fun
# Mathematics studies neighborhoods, groups and free groups, rings, ideals, holes, poles and removable poles, trees, growth ...
# Mathematics also studies models, shapes, curves, cardinals, similarity, consistency, completeness, space ...
# Among objects of mathematical study are heredity, continuity, jumps, infinity, infinitesimals, paradoxes...
# Last but not the least, Mathematics studies stability, projections and values, values are often absolute but may also be extreme, local or global.
# Trigonometry aside, Mathematics comprises fields like Game Theory, Braids Theory, Knot Theory and more
# One is morally obligated not to do anything impossible
# Some numbers are square, yet others are triangular
# The next sentence is true but you must not believe it
# The previous sentence was false
# 12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100 and there exists at least one other representation of 100 with 9 digits in the right order and math operations in between
# One can cut a pie into 8 pieces with three movements
# Program=Algorithms+Data Structures
# There is something the dead eat but if the living eat it, they die.
# A clock never showing right time might be preferable to the one showing right time twice a day
# Among all shapes with the same area circle has the shortest perimeter