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[-] dan@upvote.au 9 points 1 year ago

Australia is about the same size as the USA in terms of land mass.

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[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every possible Rubik's cube permutation can be solved in 20 moves.

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[-] unhook2048@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

My last one was a bit confusing. Here's one

the word Helicopter is not as you'd think. Heli-copter.

The word is Helico, to mean spinning

and pter, as in feather, like pterodactyl

so the pronounciation is helico-ter.

P.S. I'm so sorry.

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[-] Doomladen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The first fax machine was invented years before the first telephone.

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