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Useful (and not so useful) facts gleaned from reading random books
The world’s first solar powered toilet is at the Custer Battlefield Monument in Montana
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A cows only sweatglands are in its nose
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The maximum speed at which rain falls is 18mph
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The world’s only museum of umbrella covers is at Peak’s Island, Maine, USA. It is only open in the summer.
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Charles Rolls, of Rolls Royce fame, was the first Englishman to be killed whilst flying an aeroplane.
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An annual frog-eating festival is held in the town of Vittel, France at the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Frog Thigh Tasters
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30% of the worlds population eat with chopsticks
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The first product to be advertised on British commercial television was Gibbs SR toothpaste
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The first product to be scanned by a barcode was a pack of Wrigleys chewing gum
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Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as humans.
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Read It In A Book is copyright Joan Scott and Ian Scott 2006. All quotations are copyright the respective authors. Read It In A Book is released under a Creative Commons License. Contact Technorati Profile