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| November 28, 2004
| Society
FactID: 139
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In America, there are more shopping centers
(47,000) than high schools, drawing $2 trillion in annual revenue.
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|  Source: Fortune
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| November 27, 2004
| Technology
FactID: 138
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An aircraft carrier's catapult system can
get a 45,000 pound plane from 0 to 165mph in 2 seconds.
That's almost 5 times faster than a Lamborghini Diablo VTTT, which can only go 0-60mph it in 3.2 seconds.
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| Source: HowStuffWorks.com
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| November 26, 2004
| Entertainment
FactID: 137
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Moby is the great-great-grand-nephew of Herman
Melville, author of Moby Dick.
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| Source: Inc.
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| November 25, 2004
| Business
FactID: 136
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In 1986, Merv Griffin sold Wheel of Fortune
and Jeopardy to Coca-Cola for $250 million.
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| November 24, 2004
| Business
FactID: 135
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Magic Johnson is the only franchisee of Starbucks
in the country, owning a 50% share of 72 locations.
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| Source: Inc.
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| November 23, 2004
| Science
FactID: 134
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The basic unit of English length is the
yard, which was originally taken as the distance between Henry
Is (1068-1135) nose and the tip of his outstretched arm.
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| November 22, 2004
| Astronomy
FactID: 133
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The names of the seven days of the week
were based on the names of the celestial objects originally
considered to be planets: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury,
Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
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| Source: "The Golden Ratio" by Mario Livio
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| November 15, 2004
| Computers
FactID: 132
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For anyone that's ever messed with
Windows fonts:
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
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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 10, 2004
| Astronomy
FactID: 130
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February 1865 is the only month in
recorded history not to have a full moon.
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| Source: Ginger Jordan
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| November 9, 2004
| Animals
FactID: 129
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A giraffe can run faster than a horse
and go longer without water than a camel.
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| Source: Katie Corbyons
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| November 8, 2004
| World
FactID: 128
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When the BBC English-teaching series Follow
Me was broadcast in China, it drew audiences of up to 100 million
people. The presenter of the program, Kathy Flower, an unknown
in England, is said to be the most familiar British face in China
after the queen.
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| Source: Quinn McCleery
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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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| November 5, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 124
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The capitol has 365 steps, representing each
day of the year.
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| Source: Udayan Seksaria
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| November 4, 2004
| Computers
FactID: 123
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Bill Gates gets 4 million emails/day
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| Source: CNN.com article
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| November 3, 2004
| Society
FactID: 122
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Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans
increased by 10 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275
million to burn 350 million more gallons of fuel in 2000 just
to carry the additional weight of Americans.
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| Source: Mehul Patel
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