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Whole wheat bread has more iron, vitamins and dietary fiber than white bread.

A ton of potatoes will yield 28.6 gallons of absolute alcohol. Potatoes are an important source for commercial alcohol.

The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice.

Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."

In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada

Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon

The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body

American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed

In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries

Fickleheaded and fiddledeedee are the longest words consisting only of letters in the first half of the alphabet.

US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

40 percent of the almonds in the world are used by manufacturers of chocolate

Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.

In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring

Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater.

Shell color is determined by the breed of hen and has no effect on its quality, nutrients or flavor.

The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people

The word 'News'is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South.

There are only 18 countries richer than Bill Gates.

Annually, British people eat more than 15 pounds of beans

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