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

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Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired

 

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Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.

 

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7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood

 

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stupid is as stupid does.

 

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The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later

 

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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

 

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Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System.

 

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The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

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Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

 

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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

 

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Pinocchio was made of pine

 

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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes

 

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The hundred billionth Crayola crayon ever produced was Perriwinkle Blue

 

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Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges

 

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More people in China speak English than in the United States

 

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An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil

 

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An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes

 

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Denver was chosen to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but later refused

 

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Another name for the card game "Solitaire" is "Patience".

 

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Saturday was named for the planet saturn