Miscellaneous
Bizarre Fact #161:
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If China imported just 10% of it's rice needs- the price on the world market would increase by 80%. Bizarre Fact #162:
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If the Earth was smooth, the ocean would cover the entire surface to a depth of 12,000 feet. Bizarre Fact #163:
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If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium. Bizarre Fact #164:
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. Bizarre Fact #165:
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If you lace your shoes from the inside to the outside the fit will be snugger around your big toe. Bizarre Fact #166:
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If you need to dial the telephone and your dial is disabled, you can tap the button in the cradle. If, for example, you need to dial 911, you can tap the button 9 times, then pause, then tap once, then again. Bizarre Fact #167:
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet. Bizarre Fact #168:
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If you were born in Los Alamos, New Mexico during the Manhattan project (where they made the atomic bomb), your birth place is listed as a post office box in Albuquerque. Bizarre Fact #169:
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In 1881, Procter & Gamble's Harley Procter decided that adding the word pure to his Ivory soap would give its sales a necessary shot in the arm. Analysis proved that Ivory was almost 100% pure fatty acids and alkali, the stuff that most soap is made of. Ivory's impurities were limited to 0.56%—0.11% uncombined alkali, 0.28% carbonates, and 0.17% mineral matter. Harley marked his soap 99 and 44/100% pure, deciding that using the exact number sounded more credible than rounding up to 100%. Bizarre Fact #170:
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In 1931, an industrialist named Robert Ilg built a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa outside Chicago and lived in it for several years. The tower is still there.
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