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USELESS FACTS 2.
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein’s brain was 15% wider than normal.
While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate #85.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
Sheryl Crow’s front two teeth are fake – she had them knocked out when she tripped on the stage earlier in her career.
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Hitler was claustrophobic. The large elevator leading to his eagles nest in the Austrian Alps was mirrored so it would appear larger and more open.
Hans Christian Andersen, creator of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never learned to spell correctly, and his publishers always had the spelling errors corrected.
Peter Falk, who played "Columbo," has a glass eye.
Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes
Tina Turner’s real name is Annie Mae Bullock.
Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual cramps by having her doctor supply her with marijuana.
One of the many Tarzans, Karmuala Searlel, was mauled to death by a raging elephant on set.
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winning scientist whom discovered radium, died on 4th July 1934 of radiation poisoning.
Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
Elvis’ hair color was originally blonde. He dyed it black because he was a big fan of Roy Orbison.
The correct animal group terms:
A herd of donkey
A sloth of bear
A clutter or clowder of cat
A drove or herd of cattle
A clutch or brood of chicken
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A brace or herd of ducks
A herd of elephant
A shulk of fox
A tribe or trip of goat
A flock or gaggle of geese
A herd of horses
A pride of lion
A band or troop of monkeys
A flock or drove of sheep
A bevy of swans
A litter of swine or pigs
A gam or pod of whale
A pack of wolves
GLOSSARY FOR THIS UNIT
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abortion
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abortusz
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cattle
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szarvasmarha
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chewing gum
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rágógumi
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claustrophobic
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klausztrofóbiás
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deer
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szarvas, ?z
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dentist
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fogorvos
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discomfort
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kellemetlenség
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donkey
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szamár
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eagles nest
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sas fészek
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elevator
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lift
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fairy tales
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tündérmese
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fake
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hamis, nem igazi
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glass eye
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üvegszem
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goose/geese
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liba (TSZ)
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inmate
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rab
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jelly
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zselé
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menstrual cramps
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menstruációs görcsök
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radiation poisoning
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sugár mérgezés
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researcher
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kutató
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stage
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színpad
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swan
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hattyú
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to add sth to sth
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vmit hozzáadni vmihez
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to appear
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t?nik vmi vmilyennek
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to be mauled to death
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halálra taposva lenni
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to be mirrored
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betükrözve lenni
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to consider
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fontolgat
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to dip
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bemárt
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to discover
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felfedez
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to dye
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befest hajat
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to ease sth
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könnyít
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to knock out
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kiüt
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to squish
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összenyomkod
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to talk sb out of sth
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vkit lebeszélni vmir?l
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to trip
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megbotlani
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toe
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lábujj
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whale
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bálna
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