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1. The motto of the American people, “In God We Trust,” was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
2. More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
3. The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.
4. The principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres.
5. There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.
6. During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who had a beard was required to pay a special tax.
7. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
8. Coca-Cola was originally green.
9. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury.
10. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters (I was thankfully corrected by a friend: The Hawai’ian alphabet has 13 letters, A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, ‘ (which is called an okina).
11. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
12. The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000.
13. City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong.
14. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
15. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness–28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness–38%.

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