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Ten Random Facts

1. Cherries are a member of the rose family
2. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV, Burning between 50-70 calories an hour depending on weight
3. Mark Twains’ ‘Tom Sawyer’ was the first novel written on a typewriter
4. The first ballistic missile, the V2 was developed by Germany in WWII
5. The dwarf planet Sedna is the most distant object in the solar system
6. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. It also has only two toes on each foot
7. Almonds are the most widely cultivated nuts in the world. They are a member of the peach family
8. Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since 1523
9. If a lobster loses one of its eyes it can grow a new one
10. Woody Allen’s real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg