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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
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Jacksonville, Florida, has the largest total area of any city in the United States.
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The average U.S. farm has 467 acres; the average Japanese farm has 3 acres.
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About 1 in 30 people in the U.S. are in jail, on probation, or on parole.
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St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called 'Pigs Eye'.
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Switzerland has the highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.
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Somalia boasts the highest percentage growth of Internet users in the world going from a mere 200 in 2000 to 90,000 in 2007
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There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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There's a swing on the edge of a cliff in Ecuador. It has no safety measures and is called the 'Swing at the End of the World'.
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Manhattan Island of New York City was purchased for $24 from the Algonquian Indians in 1624!
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In 1956, 80% of all U.S. households had a refrigerator, but only 8% of British households had one!
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Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984).
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Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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About 10% of U.S. households pay their bills in cash.
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