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1) The male platypus has venom in its back leg (a sharp thorn like appendage on its back feet). The venom is not usually deadly, but the effect from it sure isn't pleasant.
I learned this last night at game group. (http://australian-animals.net/plat.htm)
2) There are about 164 dog breeds (I saw various answers) and 70 cat breeds.
3) The Candy Cane's origin: http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/candy_canes.htm
4) How did Santa Claus originate: http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/santa.asp
5) The first video game was "Tennis for Two". http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp
6) First Candy Bar: The "early humans made candy out of honey by drying it and forming a taffy like concoction" (http://www.ehow.com/about_5152551_first-candy-bar-ever-invented.html).
7) How did the name Tucson come into origin? http://phoenix.about.com/cs/wacky/a/phxspelling01_3.htm
8) The First Computer: http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm
9) How was the Grand Canyon formed? http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm
10) First Recorded Song: http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804046
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