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  • 52% of Americans drink coffee.

  • A 1/4 of your bones are in your feet.

  • The compass and straight edge were powerful tools in the advancement of geometry, allowing the construction of various lengths, angles and geometric shapes.

  • Men have 10% more red blood cells than women.

  • The only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat.

  • Fish can cough.

  • Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England.

  • Over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States.

  • Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter.

  • Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked German ciphers (codes) in the Second World War, contributed to mathematical logic and played an important role in the development of algorithms, artificial intelligence and the modern computer.

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