In 1958, the Crayola crayon color "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history
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According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love
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The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years
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The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was "Spud."
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Soil that is heated by geysers are now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland
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Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as on of their materials
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1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible
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The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home
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It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy
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Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah
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Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years
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Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%
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On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day
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Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999)
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The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word "poppe," which means "explosive sound"
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In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk
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There is a "cemetery town" in California named Colma. Concerns about the public health, crime, and the need for space forced the city of San Francisco to outlaw burials in 1902. The city of Colma, which is five miles south of San Francisco, was established to bury the dead. The ratio of dead to living people is 750 to 1
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If all the gold sitting in the oceans and seas were mined, every person on this plant would get about 20 kilograms of gold each.
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Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers
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