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Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918

Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails

Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.

The average amount of time spent kissing for a person in a lifetime is 20,160 minutes

Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day

Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920

Basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records

Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum

On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom "The Hank McCune Show."

Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple

The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable