More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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