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The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds

The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

Of the 266 men who have been pope, 33 have died violently.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks

Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter

In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times

Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to invent the ice cream sundae in Evanston, IL, in 1875.

Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.

The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country

World Tourist day is observed on September 27.

The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

In the US a pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

The first drive-in movie theater was built in Camden, NJ in 1932-3. It cost 25 cents per car or $1 for three or more people to watch a movie.

A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)

Argentineans eat more meat than any other nation in the world an average of 10 ounces per person per day.

Original name : kalidas
Also known as : indian shakespeare, shakespeare of india

New York's first St. Patrick's day parade was held on March 17, 1762.

Stars come in different colors; hot stars give off blue light, and the cooler stars give off red light.

Original name : joseph priestley
Also known as : father of soda pop; father of modern chemistry

Toilet paper was invented in 1857.

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