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| Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. |
| The Hawai'ian alphabet has 13 letters, A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, ' (which is called an okina). |
| Coca-Cola was originally green. |
| The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. |
| During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who had a beard was required to pay a special tax. |
| There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script. |
| The principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres. |
| The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet. |
| More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States. |
| The motto of the American people, "In God We Trust," was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956. |
| Clocks made before 1687 had only one hand, an hour hand. |
| Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers. |
| King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats. |
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