1. The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796
2. Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes
3. Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America
4. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle
5. Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000
6. The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors
7. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
8. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
9. It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times
10. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum
11. The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head
12. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people
13. The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69
14. In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car
15. The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis
2. Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes
3. Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America
4. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle
5. Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000
6. The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors
7. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
8. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
9. It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times
10. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum
11. The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head
12. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people
13. The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69
14. In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car
15. The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis
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