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For Ladies' Hands Only

Don't you hate it when your weak, feminine fingers struggle to grasp a normal-sized pen for MEN? What if pens were small and dainty for your girly little woman hands. Wouldn't that be nice?

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The More You Know

  • Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them.
  • The wolf's jaw can exert 1500 pounds of pressure per square inch, twice the jaw pressure of a German Shepherd. Wolves can crush large bones in just a few bites.
  • The world's largest falafel weighed 223 pounds.
  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
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