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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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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