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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
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Things you always never wanted to know
A dog was the first in space, and a sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first to fly in a hot air balloon. A dog was also the first to parachute.
If California were a country, it would have the fifth largest economy in the world.
In 1816, Frenchman J.R. Ronden tried to stage a play that did not contain the letter "a." The Paris audience was offended, rioted and did not allow the play to finish.
There are 7 million millionaires in the world.
Industrial hemp contains less that 1 percent of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.
A common housefly lives only 14 days.
The world's smallest breed of dog is the Chihuahua, which means "tiny dog in the sky."
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.
In 1934, the world's largest crustacean, a lobster, was caught. It weighed approximately 42 pounds.
Americans on average eat twice as much meat as Europeans, consuming about 110 pounds per capita.
That tall white hat chefs like to wear is called a "toque."
China sacrifices 25 million trees to make the 45 billion chopsticks it uses per year.
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