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  • Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
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  • The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.
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  • Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
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  • The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotam-eteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenu a kitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
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  • On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern electronics.
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  • The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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