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Facts! Facts! Facts!

Hey! Page Turner here! I've got a few really cool facts about two of my favorite subjects, writing (words) and movies. Here they are, from  National Geographic for Kids 5,000 Awesome Fact Book:
1. There is a word that rhymes with orange. It's sporange, an alternative form of the word sporangium, which is part of the fern.
2. In Wales, there a community named Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Not even kidding.
3. The Swedish equivalent of LOL is ASG, short for asgarv, or intense laughter.
4.The letter e is the most frequently used letter in the English alphabet
5. Angry and Hungry are the only two English words ending in "gry"
6. Every fourteen days, a language dies out
7.  A group of cats is called a clowder
8. The word quiz also means an odd person
9. The 267 page novel Gadsby has 50,00 words, and all them do not contain the letter e
10. Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns.

1. Americans eat popcorn in movie theaters... in Japan baked fish skeletons coated in soy and sugar are popular and  in Korea roasted chestnuts are the top pick.
2. The most expensive movie was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with a budget of about $300 million dollars.
3. E.T. was going to be a horror movie, but was turned into a family friendly tale.
4. The mechanical sharked used in Jaws was nicknamed Bruce.
5. The longest record for movie watched was 120 hours and 23 minutes, straight.
6. The actor who was the voice of Yoda also gave a voice to Miss Piggy.
7. Kermit the Frog has announced that Miss Piggy and he are no longer together.
8. In the movie Big Hero Six, you can see a boat from Arandelle in the San Fransokoyo harbor.
9. Batman is the top grossing superhero movie.
10. For Frozen, animators visited Norway and for Nemo they visited the Great Barrier Reef. 

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