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Although microscopic, some nerve cells are three feet long.

Americans now surpass even the famously workaholic Japanese in annual hours on the job.

If you look at a laid-out map of the area of the monuments in Washington, you will see an owl formed there; the owl is one of the sacred symbols of the Masonic temples.

Calvin Coolidge's wife, Grace, was a teacher of the deaf, and she taught the whole family sign language. Sometimes the Coolidges spoke in sign language when they didn't want anyone to understand their conversations.

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, it takes 175 hours and $800 to repair the damage caused by a single case of identity theft.

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