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- 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in
Brazil, the widest road in the world.
* - Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land
areas below sea level.
* - Canada has more donut shops per-capita than any other
country in the world
* - Canada is home to the invention of ice beer. It is
produced by freezing the brew and filtering the ice
crystals, increasing the alcohol content.
* - Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in
Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the
command "go hang yourself."
* - In Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan 'finger-lickin'
good' came out as 'eat your fingers off.'
* - In Elizabethan England women wore egg whites over their
faces to create a glazed look.
* - In England, in the 1880's pants was considered a dirty
word.
* - In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to
speak.
* - In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married
for the first time are teenagers.
* - In the province of Saskatchewan, Canada there are towns
by the name of Elbow and Eyebrow
* - In the U.S. alone an estimated 800 people are injured by
their jewelry every week.
* - In the USA - more toilets flush at the half time of the
Super Bowl than at any other time of the year.
* - Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
* - New York City was briefly the U.S. capital from 1789 to
1790 .
* - Researchers don't know why, but people living in
mountain states eat 30% more cookies than other people.
* - The McDonalds in Paris has white arches rather than
golden ones, yellow was perceived as tacky.
* - Until 1796, there was a state in the United States
called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.
* - Voodoo originated in Haiti.
* - About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while
they're still sitting on it.
* - Americans consume over 4,000 cups of coffee per second,
per day.
* - Dildo is a town in Newfoundland, Canada.
* - Las Vegas has the most chapels per capita than any other
U.S. city.
* - The amount of money spent in US schools on trash
disposal is equal to the amount of money spent on textbooks
* - About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while
they're still sitting on it.
* - Americans consume over 4,000 cups of coffee per second,
per day.
* - Dildo is a town in Newfoundland, Canada.
* - In England, in the 1880's pants was considered a dirty
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