Million Post March. When will NAXJA reach 1 million posts?

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The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

 

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The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

 

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The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

 

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Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902.

 

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In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

 

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The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

 

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41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain

 

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The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

 

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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

 

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Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.

 

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"The free expression of ideas creates conflict, and it is conflict that drives knowledge forward" - Raymond Castle

 

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Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated Rolls Royce; jewel-encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter.

 

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A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift

 

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Cats can hear ultrasound

 

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The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used

 

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Children grow faster in the springtime

 

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On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun

 

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Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.

 

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The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth

 

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Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit