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| Fast Facts About ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas |
| 1. It seems that no one really seems to know who wrote “Twas the Night Before Christmas” 2. For many years credit for the poem was given to Clement Clarke Moore. It was thought that he wrote the poem for his three daughters in 1822. |
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| Interesting Facts about Playing Cards |
| * A standard deck of playing cards consists of 52 cards, of which there are four suits – two red, which are diamonds and hearts and two black, which are clubs and spades. * The colored suits of the cards represent day and night. |
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| Frog Facts |
| The common frog (native to mainland Britain) can breathe through its skin. Frogs legs are a culinary delicacy in France. The worlds biggest frog, the Goliath can be found in Cameroon in Africa. The Goliath frog can grow up to one foot long and weigh more than seven pounds. |
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| Zippers: A Long Time in the Making |
| To get to the point in which zippers are today, there were three major stages in which it had to go through. The first of these started back on August 29, 1893 when the first zipper-like fastener was patented by Whitcomb Judson. |
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