In the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs.
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Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE
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A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket
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Pakistan was named in 1933 and is derived from the first letters of Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, and Tan. All of these are districts or states of what is now Pakistan.
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In 1930, the heaviest a female flight attendant could be was 115 pounds. They also had to be unmarried nurses.
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When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
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The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car)
