Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to screen an X-rated movie at the White House. It was Midnight Cowboy.

Loam is soil with an equal number of clay particles and sand particles. It has the best of both soil types: good water drainage and good aeration.

The theme to Lassie was whistled by Fred Lowery, a blind man from Palestine, Texas.

According to Christina Agapakis, figs are not actually fruits, but a mass of inverted flowers and seeds that are pollinated by a species of tiny symbiotic wasps. According to Christie Wilcox, some fig species fight against freeloading wasps that try to use the plant without pollinating it by self-aborting larvae-laden fruit.

The average American household spent $5,477 on gas and auto expenses last year.

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