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February 7, 2010   |   Random FactID: 625
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Bubble wrap turned 50 years this week.

Originally bubble wrap was conceived as a wallpaper. Since that did not work out, it was used as a wrapping material. Every year enough bubble wrap is made to stretch it all the way to moon and back.


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August 12, 2008   |   Random FactID: 411
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The largest flower in the world is the amorphophallus titanum which grows to 6 feet in height and opens to a diameter of 3-4 feet!

Check out some pictures!


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July 26, 2008   |   Random FactID: 399
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There are four words in the English language that begin with the letters "dw".

Congrats to Zack and Chris for guessing the answer:

  • dwindle
  • dwarf
  • dwell(ing)
  • dweeb



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July 24, 2008   |   Random FactID: 397
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"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.


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January 13, 2008   |   Random FactID: 618
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The USPS has a free zip code lookup -- here are some interesting zip codes:
  • 22222 is Arlington, Virginia
  • 44444 is Newton Falls, OH
  • 55555 is Young America, MN
  • 12345 is Schenectady, New York.



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September 2, 2007   |   Random FactID: 332
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"It's raining cats and dogs!"

In the 1500s, houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof.

When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."


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August 21, 2007   |   Random FactID: 102
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.


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August 16, 2007   |   Random FactID: 492
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Lego’s Danish founder Ole Kirk Christiansen named the famous bricks in 1934 by fusing two Danish words, “leg” and “godt” meaning “play well.”

Children across the world spend 5 billion hours every year playing with Lego bricks, available in 90 different colors, according to the company’s Web site.


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August 11, 2007   |   Random FactID: 570
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If you fold a piece of paper over itself just 40 times, its thickness will reach from earth to the moon!!

Too bad an old fact says you can only fold a sheet of paper 7 times.


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August 6, 2007   |   Random FactID: 73
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There is a white arrow in the middle of the FedEx logo (right between the "E" and the "x").


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August 2, 2007   |   Random FactID: 458
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The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won't happen again until the year 6009.


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July 31, 2007   |   Random FactID: 428
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.


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July 29, 2007   |   Random FactID: 412
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Soda vending machines have been responsible for at least 37 deaths and 113 injuries since 1978.

These tragic events have resulted from consumers rocking or tilting the machines in an attempt to obtain free soda or money. In response, vending machine manufacturers have voluntarily agreed to provide warning labels for the 1.7 million vending machines in the marketplace.


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July 22, 2007   |   Random FactID: 391
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A grand piano has about 20 tons of force trying to sandwich it in half.

Inside a piano, there are roughly 230 wires of varying sizes and tension. When you press a piano key, 1-3 wires are struck by a hammer, causing it to vibrate at a unique frequency. Each of these wires is under 200 pounds of tension or more. These wires are held tight by a large cast iron frame (peek inside a grand piano sometime) which prevents the piano from caving in on itself!


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July 13, 2007   |   Random FactID: 298
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Think you're smart?!

While sitting down, lift up your right foot and move it around in circles clockwise.

Then with your right hand, try to draw number 6's in the air at the same time. It's impossible!


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July 10, 2007   |   Random FactID: 283
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Passengers in the United States are sitting on more than nine trillion frequent-flier miles, 50 percent more than just 5 years ago, according to WebFlyer.com.

That is enough for 36 million free tickets, at the basic rate of 25,000 miles - or enough to give almost everyone who flew out of Kennedy International Airport last year a free ticket.


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July 7, 2007   |   Random FactID: 270
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A.M. stands for Ante Meridiem which means "before noon", while P.M. stands for Post Meridiem, or "after noon".

According to Daniel Boorstin in his book "The Discoverers," an assistant to the Roman consul was assigned to notice when the sun crossed the meridian, and to announce it in the Forum, since lawyers had to appear in the courts before noon.


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July 3, 2007   |   Random FactID: 187
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o.k. stands for "oll korrect."

In the late 1830's and 1840's, the abbreviation fad began with many of the abbreviated expressions being exaggerated misspellings. One predecessor of OK was OW, "oll wright," and there was also KY, "know yuse," KG, "know go," and NS, "nuff said."


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June 30, 2007   |   Random FactID: 120
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The average office chair with wheels will travel 8 miles this year.

The average pencil will draw a line 35 miles long.


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June 25, 2007   |   Random FactID: 84
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The Guiness World Record for dominoes is 3,847,295 in 2002.

It took 100 people 3 months of full-time work. Once set into motion, the dominoes fell for 35 minutes straight.


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February 21, 2007   |   Random FactID: 603
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According to New York Magazine, the land that makes up Central Park in New York is worth $529 billion! The land was originally purchased by New York City around 1853 for $5 million.

All that space allowed NYC to spread out the "Gates" art exhibit across 23 miles in February 2006, according to an old FactMe! fact.


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June 6, 2006   |   Random FactID: 562
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Today is 6/6/06. Interesting tidbits about 666:
  • 666 is used in every UPC barcode for groceries.
  • 666 is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel.
  • Ronald Reagan changed the number of the house he and his wife moved into after he left the presidency from 666 St. Cloud Road to 668.



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April 21, 2006   |   Random FactID: 548
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Starbucks Corp. spends more on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Starbucks expects to spend about $200 million this year for health care for its 80,000 U.S. employees — more than the total amount it spends on green coffee from Africa, Indonesia and other countries.


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April 4, 2006   |   Random FactID: 546
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Tomorrow, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

This won't happen again in our lifetimes! (or until the year 3006)


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March 2, 2006   |   Random FactID: 537
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Of the $750 billion in U.S. currency notes circulating around the world, the U.S. Secret Service estimates that one of every 10,000 bills is fake.

Of all the denominations, the $20 bill is the most often counterfeited.


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November 11, 2005   |   Random FactID: 478
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Jean Pons of France solves Rubik's cubes in an average time of 15.10 seconds.

The Rubik's World Championship includes speed-solving for the standard (3x3) Rubik's cube, but also includes more unusual events like solving the cube one-handed, with feet, or blindfolded.

Rubik's cube was introduced to the world 25 years ago.


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November 5, 2005   |   Random FactID: 473
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Historically, "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing.

However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." This -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only "flammable" to give warnings.


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September 27, 2005   |   Random FactID: 444
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Gauchos are South American cattle herders, living on the pampas, the plain that extends north from Patagonia bounded on the west by the Andes.

They have become romantic figures just like "cowboys". Like the North American cowboy, gauchos are generally reputed to be strong, silent types, but arrogant, and capable of violence when provoked.

"Gaucho pants" are now all the rage even though they look funny.


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September 15, 2005   |   Random FactID: 436
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One out of every three acres of American land - 600 million acres - is public land.

Explore away!


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September 7, 2005   |   Random FactID: 431
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The average person sheds million of skin cells each day -- even during sleep.

Dust mites in your bed feed on them; so much so that the weight of a mattress will double every ten years because of the dead bugs inside!


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July 16, 2005   |   Random FactID: 389
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A German man endured scorching temperatures of 230 Fahrenheit (110 Celsius) for almost five minutes to win the nation's first sauna endurance competition.

The German sauna competition uses the same rules: participants sit in 110-degree heat, with water poured on the stove every 30 seconds to create more steam. Kramp's time falls short of the almost 12 minutes set by Finn Leo Pusa to win last year's international championship in Heinola, Finland.


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July 8, 2005   |   Random FactID: 383
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Recently the World Wife Carrying Championships took place in Sonkajarvi, Finland.

This brings up the twin hazards of wife carrying: (1) Run too hard and you risk throwing out your back and (2) Finish too slowly and you risk implying your wife is fat.

Here are some of the The Top 10 Things Overheard at the World Wife Carrying Championship:
7. "No, you can't have second helpings."
2. "No spurs! No spurs!"
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July 6, 2005   |   Random FactID: 381
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the 6th of the 7-book series, comes out July 16.

Barnes and Noble will sell about 50,000 copies in the first 24 hours -- more than 99% of books sell in their lifetime. The book's publisher, Scholastic, has announced a first printing of 10.8 million copies -- 7 times the first run of Bill Clinton's "My Life".


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June 26, 2005   |   Random FactID: 371
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Every single day, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 22.5 million bills (ranging in denomination from $1 to $100)!

95% of these bills replace worn out or damaged currency already in circulation.


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June 6, 2005   |   Random FactID: 99
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Camel brand cigarrettes have a picture of a camel on the box.

If you look closely, you can see a "happy" man in sillouhette inside the camel facing the opposite direction.

Crazy.


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May 26, 2005   |   Random FactID: 347
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Police said they were searching for a gunman who ran up to a woman while she was walking her dog Monday night and grabbed the bag she was holding.

It contained poop.

When the gunman discovered what was in it, he threw it down in disgust, pointed his gun at the dog and demanded money. He pulled the trigger twice, but fortunately, it didn't fire...


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May 1, 2005   |   Random FactID: 291
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The odds of being bumped from a flight are just 1 in 11,628.


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April 25, 2005   |   Random FactID: 317
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There is a Superman picture or statue in every episode of Seinfeld!


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April 24, 2005   |   Random FactID: 318
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The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was 63-year-old school teacher Annie Taylor. Seventeen minutes after the plunge, her barrel showed up on the Canadian shore....

She survived.


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April 17, 2005   |   Random FactID: 310
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The feathers of a pigeon weigh more than its bones.


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April 12, 2005   |   Random FactID: 305
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The longest word in the English Language is "antidisestablishmentarianism."

The longest scientific word in the English language is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilivolcanoconiosis."


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April 11, 2005   |   Random FactID: 301
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Victoria's Secret catalogs go out to 420,000,000 people each year -- that's more than the Top 10 fashion magazines combined! Join the bandwagon!

So what is Victoria's secret? Turns out no one knows!


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April 9, 2005   |   Random FactID: 300
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According to Vonage (the broadband phone company), people do stupid things (hilarious videos).


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April 1, 2005   |   Random FactID: 288
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"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is the fear of long words.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.


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March 26, 2005   |   Random FactID: 294
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Easter is tomorrow. But before you dig out the chocolate bunnies from your Easter basket on Sunday morning, think about this:

76 percent of people who get chocolate bunnies eat the ears first. Do you?


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March 22, 2005   |   Random FactID: 290
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Nineteen-year-old Louisa Almedovar and her 22-year-old boyfriend Rich Langley, both of Vineland, New Jersey, USA, kissed non-stop for a record 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds on December 5, 2001.

When all was said and done, Louisa and Rich were still willing to give each other a congratulatory kiss on a job well done.


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March 20, 2005   |   Random FactID: 286
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Tyler Hinman, 20, became the youngest champion in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament's 28-year-history Sunday after beating 450 competitors.

A couple of weeks ago, he finished the New York Times' Sunday puzzle in 5 minutes. Of course, that was online, he said; it would have taken more time by hand. The puzzles in the New York Times increase in difficulty from Monday to Sunday.


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February 3, 2005   |   Random FactID: 234
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This past week, Richard Kral from Slovkia peed himself free from an avalanche by drinking tons of beer.


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December 22, 2004   |   Random FactID: 166
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There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, and herein.


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December 13, 2004   |   Random FactID: 152
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A typical busy day has 33,000 flights land or take off from the major U.S. airports. Thanksgiving Eve last year had 51,000 flights


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December 4, 2004   |   Random FactID: 142
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You can only fold a sheet of paper in half 7 times.


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November 14, 2004   |   Random FactID: 131
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Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.


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November 7, 2004   |   Random FactID: 127
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.


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November 6, 2004   |   Random FactID: 125
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According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.


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September 7, 2004   |   Random FactID: 97
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According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.


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September 6, 2004   |   Random FactID: 96
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If all the streets of New York City were attached in a straight line, it would form a road from NYC to Japan.


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September 3, 2004   |   Random FactID: 94
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The longest distance record of projectile vomiting is 27 feet.


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July 13, 2004   |   Random FactID: 67
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50% of the US population lives within 50 miles of the US coastline.


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June 22, 2004   |   Random FactID: 57
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The most commonly broken bone is the collar bone, or clavicle.


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June 6, 2004   |   Random FactID: 56
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As of 2002, 22% of American adults smoked regularly.


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June 4, 2004   |   Random FactID: 54
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As a city, Venice, Italy has the most bridges in the world.

Pittsburgh, PA has the second most bridges in the world.


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May 8, 2004   |   Random FactID: 38
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UNC is backwards. So is this page.


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April 13, 2004   |   Random FactID: 11
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The speed limit on Franklin Street is 20 miles per hour.

If you go 40mph (the normal speed of traffic during off-hours), you get a speeding ticket :-(


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