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Illustration by Jennifer Kearney
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Arizona Daily Wildcat
September 12, 2005
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Things you've always never wanted to know
The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick.
There are on average two credit cards for every person in the U.S.
The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die," which are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
Egyptian brewers, who wanted to taste in-process beer without removing the fermenting ingredients that floated on top of the container, probably invented the straw.
In Chinese the words for "crisis" and "opportunity" are the same.
When angered, a Tasmanian devil's ears turn a pinkish-red color.
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr" , which means "lord of the sea."
A standard coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
Mt. Vernon Washington grows more tulips than the entire country of Holland.
Jamie Farr (who played Klinger on "M*A*S*H") was the only member of the cast who actually served as a soldier in the Korean War.
The southern most city in the U.S. is Na'alehu, Hawaii.
Alaska was the only part of the U.S. that was invaded by the Japanese during World War II. The territory was the island of Adak in the Aleutian Chain.
Zaire is the world's leader in cobalt mining, producing two-thirds of the world's cobalt supply.
Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in the groin. Hamilton died from the wound.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every category of the Dewey Decimal System.
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide while painting "Wheat Field with Crows".
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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