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Did you know that the Stegosaurus lived further away from the Tyrannosaurus Rex than we are from the Tyrannosaurus Rex in time?

Jonah Peretti

Tyrannosaurus Rex, Knows

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There have been hermaphrodites around forever, Cal. Forever. Plato said that the original human being was a hermaphrodite. Did you know that? The original person was two halves, one male, one female. Then these got separated. That's why everybody's always searching for their other half. Except for us. We've got both halves already.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Plato, Two, Forever

Jeffrey Eugenides (2002). “Middlesex: A Novel”, p.378, Macmillan

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Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

Danny Glover

Mother, Children, Father

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Did you know? Did the cross cast a shadow on your cradle? Did you shudder each time your hammer struck a nail? How much heaven and how much earth were in this baby at his birth? Did you know, or did you wonder?

Todd Agnew

Christmas, Meaningful, Baby

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I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.

Mac Davis

Redneck, Golf, Guy

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Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

Robbie Coltraine

Eye, People, Nightmare

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?

John Boyne

Enemy, Pajamas, Supposed To Be

"Fictional character: Bruno". "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

Jesse Ventura

Lasts, Wealth, Lost

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Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

Barbra Streisand

Awards, Giving, Discouraging

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Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked. “Yeah.” “When?” “Right away.” “How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?” He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.

James Patterson

Clothes, Scratches, Max

James Patterson (2006). “School's Out--Forever: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.142, Hachette UK

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You're just full of awesome; did you know that?

Rachel Caine

Knows

Rachel Caine (2009). “Carpe Corpus”, p.146, Allison & Busby

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Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.

Tony Dungy

Children, Growing Up, Dad

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Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn't that just echo down the canyons of your soul?

Julian Barnes

Echoes, Soul, Mind

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Diesel is back," Ranger said. Yes. How did you know?" I woke up with a migraine this morning." Ranger said.

Janet Evanovich

Morning, Said, Rangers

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Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Creativity, Shoes, Vision

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1967). “Macy's, Gimbels, and Me: How to Earn $90,000 a Year in Retail Advertising”

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Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

Peter Ustinov

Peace, Children, Years

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Did you know Johnny thinks he's Pittacus resurrected?

Pittacus Lore

Thinking, Knows

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Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music!

Dave Brubeck

Thinking, Names, Dukes

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When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over.

Andy Serkis

Swimming, Climbing, Mountain

"Serkis: Playing Virtual Parts On The Big Screen". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 4, 2011.

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Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breathe? That you can feel its heart beating.

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Lying, Heart, Land

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Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!)

Nick Hornby

Writing, Character, Class

Nick Hornby (2004). “The Polysyllabic Spree”, McSweeneys Books

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But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked. Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

Rick Riordan

Sea, Monsters, Annabeth

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No. I wanted to tell you that I was proud of you." Clary slewed around to look at her mother. "You were?" Jocelyn nodded. "Of course I was. The way you stood up in front of the Clave like that. The way you showed them what you could do. You made them look at you and see the person they loved most in the world, didn't you?" "Yeah," Clary said. "How did you know?" "Because I heard them all calling out different names," Jocelyn said softly. "But I still saw you.

Cassandra Clare

Mother, Names, Different

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

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...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a fire you've tended all your life, and the sparks are all scattered into the wind.... That's why we survive as long as we do, because the people who loved us keep us going.

Kevin Brockmeier

Wind, Fire, Long

Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.84, Vintage

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Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green? Six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on. Think of all the other stuff you could do with that time.” I was totally confused. “In the car?” “In your life,” he said.

Megan McCafferty

Confused, Moving, Thinking

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.308, Crown

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