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1. One billion seconds is about 32 years
2. Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party
3. Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers
4. Due to the shortages of lead and metals during World War II, toothpaste was packaged in plastic tubes and have been ever since
5. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building

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1. When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly
2. The hottest chili in the world is the Tezpur chili pepper
3. Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually
4. A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
5. Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches, lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring

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1. There are some ice creams that are 75% air
2. In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios
3. The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level
4. Clarence Crane the inventor of \"Crane's Peppermint Life Savers\" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.
5. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth

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1. In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents
2. In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated
3. February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis
4. The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults
5. The word \"America\" comes from the European explorer \"Amerigo Vespucci

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1. In 1967, the IMAX film system was invented by Canadian Ivan Grame Ferguson to premier at Expo 67.
2. The name of the squiggly line \"~\" is called a tilde
3. In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch
4. The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C
5. Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum

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1. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean
2. Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout
3. An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week
4. The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm
5. Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed

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1. Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age ofthe Rolling Stones: 50.6.
2. In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders
3. It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits
4. In the movie \"Babe\", the piglet was played by over 30 different piglets they outgrew the part so quickly during the production of the film
5. EPCOT stands for \"Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow.\"

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1. The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin
2. It was believed by Ancient Hindus that the world was a sphere and rested on the back of four elephants, which stood on a turtle
3. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
4. \"dous\":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
5. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball

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1. Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both female and male reproductive organs
2. In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened
3. Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus
4. No president of the United States was an only child
5. An olive tree can live up to 1500 years

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1. Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus
2. There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes
3. On average, an American relocates 11 times in their life
4. The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word \"poppe,\" which means \"explosive sound\"
5. The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold

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1. It is common in Israel and Egypt to eat watermelon with feta cheese
2. 3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria
3. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide
4. JELL-O was declared The \"Official State Snack\" of Utah in January 2001
5. Colonel Sanders traveled over 250,000 miles a year visiting various parts of his Kentucky Fried Chicken Empire

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1. American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript
2. It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
3. The greatest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge, extending 64,374 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean
4. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle
5. The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days

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1. Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name
2. Crayola is a French word that means \"Oily chalk.\"
3. Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character
4. In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood
5. Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day

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1. Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away
2. Buffalo wings, got their name because the spicy chicken wings originated in Buffalo, New York
3. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters
4. Armadillos breed in July, but get pregnant in November after delaying implantation. This allows the young to be born during the spring when there is an abundance of food
5. Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid

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1. Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits
2. About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away
3. The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, which is seventy straight days
4. The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower
5. Men sweat more than women. This is because women can better regulate the amount of water they lose

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1. The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head
2. Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey
3. Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers
4. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
5. Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system

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1. Earthworms have 5 hearts
2. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
3. The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in
4. In 1972, a gorilla by the name of \"Koko\" was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words
5. People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack

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1. The first recipe for a lasagna type dish was found to be from a British cookbook in the 14th century. Therefore, Italians were not the first ones to come up with the popular dish as believed
2. The designated instrument for the city of Detroit is the accordion
3. In the United States, approximately 135 million cars travel every day on the streets, roads, and interstates.
4. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
5. The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death

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1. In the United States, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year
2. Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out
3. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country
4. On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female
5. President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of ci******es a day

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1. Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father
2. On average it takes a shark seven days to replace a tooth
3. Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder
4. A duck\u2019s quack doesn\u2019t echo, and no one knows why
5. The first penny candy to be wrapped in America was the Tootsie Roll in 1896

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1. A drink used to be made by the Aztecs for the gods which had the ingredients of ground cocoa mixed in with spices and corn
2. In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles
3. Slinkys were invented by an airplane mechanic; he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use of one of the springs
4. Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago
5. In a year, the average Americans eats approximately 18 pounds of Turkey

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1. Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails
2. In the 13th century, quality standards for paste were assigned by the Pope
3. The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long
4. Taco Bell serves over 35 million consumers each week in the USA
5. The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches

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1. The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool
2. During the making of the the movie \"Fight Club,\" actor Brad Pitt chipped his tooth. However, he did not get his tooth capped until after the movie was done filming as he thought it would look better chipped for his character
3. 95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona
4. Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
5. 96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

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1. The papaya tree is known as \"the medicinal tree\" in some cultures because it?s seeds and leaves have been used as ingredients in different medicines
2. There is a doggy disco held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs
3. Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc
4. There are at least six universal facial expressions. They are: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger and surprise
5. The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time

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1. The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose
2. There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952
3. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears
4. The word \"sophomore\" means \"sophisticated moron.\"
5. Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I

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1. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia
2. There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball
3. In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained
4. The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases
5. Another way to say \"every 9 years\" is Novennial

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1. 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris
2. Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
3. The word Thailand means \"land of the free.\"
4. On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels
5. An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime

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1. Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes
2. Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates
3. Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice
4. The most reproduced image in the world is Mickey Mouse, which can be found on over 7,500 different items
5. During the Easter season, 600 million Marshmallow Peeps are bought my Americans. The Marshmallow Peep is the most popular Easter candy besides chocolate

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1. According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms
2. NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
3. Polar bears are left-handed
4. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada
5. Reindeer like to eat bananas

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1. Approximately 87% of dog owners say that when they watch T.V. their dog curls up beside them or at their feet
2. The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.
3. Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah
4. In 1946 Danon Yogurt were the first to add fruit to commercially produced yogurt in U.S
5. Mass murderer Charles Manson recorded an album titled \"Lie.\"

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