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Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
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| In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags. |
| Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based. |
| Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink. |
| The egg came first. |
| Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%. |
| Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study. |
| Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children |
| For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006) |
| Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life. |
| Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year. |
| Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. |
| The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom. |
| More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors. |
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