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18
people die every minute from AIDS?
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yeast
is actually a group of living fungi?
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golf
has been played in Scotland since the 1400's?
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half
of the people in the world have never touched a telephone?
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the
first Olympic games were held by the Greeks in 776 BC to honour the god
Zeus?
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the
Irish Sea is one of the world's most reactive seas because of the radioactive
water released into it?
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by
recycling 75% of the world's paper, over 35 million trees could be saved
each year?
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a
typical Western family produces over 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year?
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the
size of forest land destroyed every year is larger than Ireland and Wales?
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the
Greeks and Romans used gymnastic exercises to train the soldiers?
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Coffee
beans are more reactive than some equipment used in a nuclear power plant?
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Dick
Turpin was hanged in York for horse stealing in 1793?
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the
most recent ice age started about 1,800,000 years ago and ended about 11,000
years ago?
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the
Incas had no system of writing? Messages were learned by heart and taken
all through the empire by relays of runners.
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iron
was in use in about 2,000 BC in Anatolia (now Turkey)?
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the
largest jellyfish measures over 2 m across with tentacles over 65 m long?
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a
Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet with 4 engines uses 180,000 litres of fuel to fly
from London to Hong Kong; a car can drive over 1.5 million km with that
amount of fuel?
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most
kings rule alone but ancient Sparta had 2 kings who ruled together?
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Elizabeth
II is the 7th queen in Britain?
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if
you drive for 35 km/h you will use up 35% less fuel if you drive the same
distance at a speed of 80 km/h?
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