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Ironclad; decaf coffee, dinosaurs

40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.

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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into emergency rooms every year.

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Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.

Europe is the only continent without a desert.

February 2 -- is Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. (first Saturday of the month)

Initially “ironclad” was used in reference to warships covered with iron plates, in other words, armor plated. The word was first documented in 1852, and in combination with a ship in 1862, and such ships were an important [prelude to World War I. Approximately 32 years later. In

1884, its use had extended in writing (probably previously used in speech) to mean “rigid:” or “strict” as in an iron-clad contract.

February 18 is National Drink Wine Day. (count me in !!)

The gas ammonia takes its name from the Egyptian god Ammon. In classical times sal ammoniac was discovered by accident through the burning the dung of camels in the temple of Jupiter Ammon at Siwa oasis in Libya,

Decaffeinated coffee owes its invention to a batch of beans that had been spoiled by seawater before being delivered to German coffee importer Ludwig Roselius in 1903. Research showed the beans had lost their caffeine content and three years later Roselius launched decaffeinated coffee,

Ladies Home Journal was first published February 16, 1883.

James Oglethorpe found3d Georgia on February 12, 1733.

Superman premiered on television on February 9, 1957.

February 26 is Tell a Fairy Tale Day.

Every glass of water you drink is almost 100% dinosaur wee. Almost every single molecule in that glass has been pissed pit by a dinosaur, according to science YouTube channel Curious Minds. Curious Minds says ‘Dinosaurs had a long time to drink water. The Mesozoic era – the reign of the dinosaurs-lasted for 186 million years.’

Sources: www.funfunnyfacts.com; www.holidayinsights.com;www.linkedin.com; The encyclopedia of useless information by William Hartston; www.funfactz.com/today-in-hist...; www.metro.co.uk.com; picture: www.dinopictures,org

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