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  • The Hawaiian name of the reef triggerfish is Humuhumunukunukuapua’a.
  • NINETEEN AND TWO HALVES has 20 letters.
  • 123456789 = ((86 + 2 × 7)5 – 91) / 34
  • It rained golf balls in Florida in 1969.
  • “God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.” — J.M. Barrie
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