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Ten Random FactsThe average court fine for drunk driving in Denmark in 1996 reportedly was one month's salary of the convicted. The United States is the biggest meat-eater in the world. The average person consumes 261 pounds of meat a year. Sixty-four pounds of that amount will be beef and about 50 pounds will be chicken. R.C. Gaitlan, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad car computer felon-location equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them his drivers license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlan because information on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri. Most burrowing, or sand, lizards have transparent eyelids. his protects their eyes from dirt and debris when digging, but allows them to see clearly. President Ulysses S. Grant became addicted to cocaine after using it to swab his cancer-ridden throat to kill the pain. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, peanut butter will meet federal safety standards if it contains up to 210 insect fragments per 700 grams, an average size jar of peanut butter. Additionally, that same jar may contain up to seven whole rodent hairs before being considered unsanitary. The famous Chef Wolfgang Puck chose the Italian word "Spago" as the name for his popular chain of restaurants. In Italian - spago = "String" or "Twine" - slang for spaghetti. If a petroleum distillate, such as gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, paint thinner, or furniture polish, is swallowed, call the nearest Poison Control Center or hospital. Do not induce vomiting. There is a great risk that some of the vomited poison may enter the lungs; some hydrocarbon products are more than a hundred times as poisonous in the lungs as in the digestive tract. Gallup News Service reported in October 2000 that 16 percent of Americans said that they read the Bible every day. Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone. More random trivia, or select from the menu on the left to browse.
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