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Contrary to popular belief, there are almost no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years.

The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin

In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.

Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent

A quidnunc is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

The linen bandages that were used to wrap Egyptian mummies averaged 1,000 yards in length.

Identity crisis? About 10% of Jewish households have Christmas Trees.

Queen Victoria used marijuana, to help relieve menstrual cramp pain

Ghandi had the most extras of any movie ever made with about 300,000 people. The German movie Kolberg is second with 187,000.

The first woman in Congress was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, in 1917.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E.

Dark roasted coffees actually have LESS caffeine than medium roasts. The longer a coffee is roasted, the more caffeine burns off during the process.

A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old

Among teens 13-19 in the United States, girls account for over 50% of new HIV infections.

Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.

Humans are the only animals that use a smile as an emotional response.

Females have a wider peripheral vision than males.

Tea was so expensive when it was first brought to Europe in the early 17th century that it was kept in locked wooden boxes.

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