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o Bestselling medicines worldwide: cholesterol-lowerers, antidepressants, and ulcer drugs. o The Sonoran coral snake and the western hook-nosed snake both fart to scare off predators. st th o How often does an NFL team try for a 1 down on their 4 down? Less than 1% of the time. o 23% of American couples sleep in separate beds. o Country with most kidney donors per capita: Iran (The U.S. is #2) o Americans eat twice as much meat as Europeans do. o The first diet soft drink, the “No-Cal Beverage”: was introduced in 1952. o According to English legend, bread baked on Christmas Eve will never get moldy. o The average person opens their refrigerator 22 times a day. o Four Canadian have been featured on U.S. postage stamps. o Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys. o One in three murderers are never convicted. o Isaac Newton, considered to be one of the most important scientists in history often forgot his brothers’ names. o A single bale of cotton will yield 215 pairs of jeans. o Most common colors in America: blue and white. o Men can read smaller print than women can, and women can hear better. o The Titanic was running at 22 knots (about 35 m.p.h.) when it hit the iceberg. o The mineral content and structure of human bone is nearly identical to some species of coral. o 49% of Americans say they watch too much TV or spend too much time on the computer. o The force of one billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. o 80% of Super Bowl viewers watch just for the commercials. o It cost $560,000 to build Fort Knox in 1936. o In Xenia, Ohio, it’s a crime to spit on a salad bar. o The word millionaire was first used by Benjamin Disraeli, in his 1826 novel Vivian Grey. o One steer yields enough ground beef for nearly 1,000 Quarter Pounders. o The study of the Moon is called selenology, after the Greek goddess of the Moon, Selene. o Merii Kurisumasu is how you say Merry Christmas in Japanese. o A single serving of espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee. nd o 2 -highest album sales in the U.S. after the Beatles (106 million): Garth Brooks (92 million). o First modern history book: The Great Universal History, published in Persia in 1311. o A U.S. ton is 2,000 pounds. A British ton is 2,240 pounds (also known as a gross ton.) o The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 B.C. o The green ink used for U.S. currency was invented by Canadian, Thomas Sterry Hunt. o Electric cars were introduced in 1896. By 1900 almost 50% of the cars worldwide were electric. Yet by 1905, 80% of cars were fuel driven and by 1920 the electric car had disappeared. o Annually, about 60 million people visit France, a country with a population of 60 million. o Rochester, NY, is known as Flour City for its mills…and Flower City for its lilacs. o Soccer is the most-watched sport in the world. o If a cockroach touches a human, it runs to safety and cleans itself. o Noah invented wine and was the first eater. (He also had a son named Ham.) o Two thirds of Americans say they regularly use the “f-word.” o Disneyland was built in exactly one year. o It’s legal in two states to fish with a semiautomatic rifle. o Each week about 50 people visit the grave of Harry Potter, a British man buried in Israel.