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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, January 23, 2004
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Things you always never wanted to know
Peter the Great of Russia was almost 7 feet tall.
A person who smokes one pack of cigarettes per day inhales a half-cup of tar every year.
Babe Ruth, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, began his career as a pitcher.
Of all the ore dug in diamond mines, only one carat in every 23 tons proves to be a diamond.
In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie the Pooh. Nobody knows why.
Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers.
In 1910, football teams were penalized 15 yards for every incomplete forward pass.
The play "Chantecler," written in 1910 by the French playwright Edmond Rostand, features a rooster as the major character.
Every resident of Nome, Ala., over age 15 drinks, on average, 4 gallons of alcoholic beverages per year.
Before they were known as Journey, Steve Perry called his band Golden Gate Rhythm Section.
The Carpenters' signature song "We've Only Just Begun" was originally part of a television commercial for a California bank.
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