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Looking for a shortcut to royalty?

Go to www.nobletitles.com and earn (buy) yourself a royal title. The Viscount of Carbino in Albania can be had for a measly $4,000, but a Baron of Beauchamp of Bedford title will set you back 55 grand.

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Fun fact about dating

A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey.

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Fun fact about relative height

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

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How can a dead man help in the kitchen?

One lady had her husband's ashes made into an egg timer so that even in death he can still "help" in the kitchen.

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Why laughing gas isn't funny any more

It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects, where it is commonly known as laughing gas due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it. It is also used as a means to enable short periods of extreme high performance in automobile internal combustion engines by introducing extra oxygen into the intake charge which in turn allows a greater amount of fuel to be added and converted into energy and thereby greatly increasing the power produced by the engine. Nitrous oxide is present in the atmosphere where it acts as a powerful greenhouse gas.

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Fun fact about the bible

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.

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Fun fact about ketchup

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

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Fun fact about the lyrics to The Flinstones

In the theme song from "The Flintstones" the line after "Let's ride with the family down the street" is "Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet."

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Fun fact about the Kea, a bird in New Zealand

There is a two-foot long bird called the Kea. The kea lives in New Zealand and just loves to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.

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Fun fact about the Hawaiian alphabet

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

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