Pineapples has proteins that degrade meat. Many people who work in pineapple plantations have obscured or removed fingerprints.
The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the king is dead”.
Revolvers generally cannot be silenced, due to all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel. Unless the revolver is gas sealed like the Nagant M1895 Revolver. Thxs to Ben for pointing this out.
America once issued a 5-cent bill.
Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.
If your eyes are six feet above the surface of the ocean, the horizon will be about three statute miles away.
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