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What facts are known across various parts of the world and across various cultures?

I can think about the fact that we will all die one day, everybody knows about this.
I can also think about the fact that any thing which is thrown up will fall back down.
anything else ? I need some ideas

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    Feyisayo Anjorin 50+

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    Aug 25 2012: It is a known fact that every seed reproduces after its own kind; in other words, "You reap what you sow"

    It is also a known fact that no human being will live forever on earth.
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    Ken brown 30+

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    Aug 25 2012: There's some strange things out there.

  • Michel Clark

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    Aug 25 2012: Fact: Perfect shapes only exist in the mind. No physical sphere, cube, pyramid, etc. actually exists in the physical world. Always thought that was interesting since you can measure dimensions to infinite numbers of decimals.
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    Mark Kurtz 10+

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    Aug 25 2012: None of us is omniscient.
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    Scott Armstrong 50+

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    Aug 24 2012: tax
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    Debra Smith 200+

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    Aug 24 2012: Well if news reports are to be believed there is a Christian girl named Rimsha Masih who is being held apparently without basis for violating Pakistan's blasphemy laws which? These laws usually get Muslim women.
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    James Zhang 30+

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    Aug 24 2012: - we are all human beings
    - we need food, air, and water to survive
    - there are two genders
    - everyone is born from a mom (unless you're cloned genetically)
    - people have emotions
    - people can think
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