* The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolokol in the Kremlin in Moscow. It's 20' 2" high and 21' 8" in diameter. Cast in 1735, it weighs 222.56 tons and has never been wrung...it cracked before it was installed.
* The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil.
* The largest body of fresh water in the world is La... Read More

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* The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
* The kiss that is given by the bride to the groom at the end of the wedding ceremony originates from the earliest times when the couple would actually make love for the first time under the eyes of half the village!
* The kissing under the missletoe tradition originated from the Druids.
* The kiwi has nostrils near the tip of its bill that allows it to sniff the ground for food.
* The Kiwi, national b... Read More

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* The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
* The internet is NOT FREE, a group of companies actually own the internet.
* The Jazz Singer, 1927, was the first movie with audible dialogue.
* The Jordanian city Amman was once called Philadelphia.
* The Kama Sutra was written by Mallanga Vatsyayana, who was rumored to be celibate.
* The kangaroo and the emu are shown supporting the shield on Australia's coat of arms.
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* The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
* The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
* The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).
* The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia. He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.... Read More

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* The human body contains enough phosphorus to make the heads of 200 matches, enough fat for seven bars of soap, and enough iron to make one nail.
* The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap.
* The human body has over 45 miles of nerves.
* The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
* The human brain is about 85% water.
* The human eyes can distinguish about 17,000 different colors.
* The human head weighs 7 pounds.
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