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  • After a rain, the Bolivian salt flat Salar de Uyuni becomes the world’s largest mirror.
  • The letter J appears nowhere in the periodic table of the elements.
  • 9(9 – 6) yields same result upside down: (9 – 6)6 = 729. (Erich Friedman)
  • Rearrange the letters in SUPRARATIONAL and you get PRO-AUSTRALIAN.
  • “A good book praises itself.” — German proverb
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