| A single second of video tape contains about 22 megabytes of data, the very rough equivalent of about thirty copies of a 200 page book. |
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| Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely. |
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| President Bush and Saddam Hussein both have their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker! |
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| Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution! |
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| Radio code Wilco (as in Roger Wilco) is short for Will Comply! |
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| Ralph Lauren's original name is Ralph Lifshitz. |
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| Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do. |
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| Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. |
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| Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated. |
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| Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink. |
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| Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water. |
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| Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do. |
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| SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'. |
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| Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth. |
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| Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly. |
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| Ted Turner owns about 2% of New Mexico. |
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| The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level. |
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| The are six fictional characters that have stars on Hollywood's 'Walk of Fame'. |
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| The average life span of a hermit crab is 75 years! |
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| The best diamonds are colored blue-white. |
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| The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. |
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| The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum! |
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| The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School |
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| The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS! |
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| The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher. |
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| The great warrior Ghengis Khan died in bed while having sex. |
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| The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman! |
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| The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'. |
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| The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour. |
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| The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan. |
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| The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones. |
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| The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed. |
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| The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. |
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| The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese. |
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| There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers. |
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| Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes. |
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| Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller. |
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