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    Wife-Carrying Championship in Finland Gives Winners Wife's Weight in Beer
    There's a wife-carrying championship that takes place in Finland every year where the winner receives his wife's weight in beer.
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    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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    Iceland Has the Most Books Published per Person per Year in the World
    In Iceland, more books are published and sold per person every year than anywhere else in the world. Ten percent of Icelanders become a published author in their lifetime.
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    Canada has more freshwater lakes than the rest of the world combined. It also has more forests than any other country in the world.
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    Austria was the first country to use postcards.
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    About 10% of U.S. households pay their bills in cash.
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    It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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