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The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan. <--- I did not know that.

 

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Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

 

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A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

 

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It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

 

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

 

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40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

 

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Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

 

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The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino. <--- Sweet

 

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315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

 

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The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

 

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Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

 

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Camel’s have three eyelids.

 

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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

 

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John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

 

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Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

 

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Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

 

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Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

 

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Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

 

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55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

 

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Most lipstick contains fish scales.