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Repost of assorted interesting tidbits from Futility Closet

I really enjoyed the following from Greg Ross at the Futility closet.... 

Things you probably didn't know:

Greg Ross Dec 28, 2011 5:53 PM - Show original item

• Canada’s coastline is six times as long as Australia’s.
• Rudyard Kipling invented snow golf.
• ENUMERATION = MOUNTAINEER
• Can you see your eyes move in a mirror?
• 26364 = 26³ × 6/4
• “If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?” — Stanislaw Lec

The last reminds me of the question, "If a man says something that no woman is present to hear, is he still wrong?"

And one from dy/dan that makes me think I knew this teacher once: