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| The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. |
| According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week. |
| The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe. |
| The longest MONOPOLY game ever played was 1,680 hours - that's 70 straight days! |
| Approximately 90 percent of the garlic grown in the United States is grown in California. |
| A 60-second kiss burns 26 calories. |
| Statistically one bungee jump is about as dangerous as driving 100 miles in a car. (About a two in one million chance of death) There have been millions of safe bungee jumps, and only a few accidents. Almost every accident was caused by the jumper not being properly connected to the cord or the cord not being properly connected to the jump platform. |
| Quartz is the most abundant mineral on Earth (about 12% vol.). |
| Wrigley's promoted their new spearmint-flavored chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each of the 1.5 million names listed in US telephone books. |
| Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer. |
| Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. |
| The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, 0.5% argon and other gases. |
| Sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubit foot than fresh water at the same temperature. |
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