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38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday.

850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter.

A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar.

Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet.

After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit.

China is the world's oldest known continuous civilization.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.

In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day."

Elmo, a puppet from the children's television show "Sesame Street," testified on April 23,2002 during a House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. He was testifying in favour of school music education. He is the first puppet in history to testify on Capitol Hill.

1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.

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