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The first book published in the United States was Massachusetts Bay Colony: The Oath of a Free Man, in 1638.

The longest word that can be typed on the top row of letters on a Qwerty keyboard is TYPEWRITER.

In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.

The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Nixon's Secretaries of State have won Noble Peace Prizes.

In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset.

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank.

Muhammad is the most common name in the world.

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.

In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

In Washington D.C. it is illegal to post a notice in public which calls another person a 'coward' for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

Before jets, jet lag was called boat lag.

Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.

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