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Switzerland has the highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.

Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar, in "Midnight Cowboy". Her entire role lasted only 6 minutes.

Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.

Taft also had a special re-enforced steel dining chair.

Take your height and divide by eight. That's how tall your head is.

Take your height and divide by eight. That’s how “tall” your head is.

Bharat Ratna : b. r. ambedkar
posthumous, architect of indian constitution, social reformer, economist, scholar
Year : 1990
Region : maharashtra.

Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

Terminator 2 cost $647,000 per minute of film to make.

Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners or their eyes

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

Texas reserves the right to become 4 seperate states at a time of its chosing (a condition of statehood 1845).

The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

The # symbols is often referred to as a "number sign" or "pound sign." Its actual name is an octothorpe

The ‘Big Dipper’ is known as ‘The Casserole’ in France.

The 2 most common surgeries are biopsies and cesarean sections.

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