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Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain smoked forty cigars a day for the last years of his life.

Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.

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* The oldest cattle ranch in the U.S. was started in 1747 at Montauk, L.I.?
* The Adirondack Park is larger than the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic National Parks combined?
* New York was the first state to require license plates on automobiles?
* Kingston was the first capital of New York State?
* The first Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, still popular today, was held in 1897?
* Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua has nine formal gardens and one of the largest displays of roses in the state?
* It took 31 years, from 1867-1898, to build the State Capitol Building?
* New York State has 1,300 museums and galleries, 64 performing arts centers, and 230 theaters?
* There are more than 400 golf courses and 55 downhill ski areas in New York State?
* The New York State Canal System is 524 miles long and has 57 locks?
* The Seaway Trail covers 454 miles along scenic vistas of Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands, along with grape-growing vineyards and apple orchards?
* The Hudson River was named an American Heritage River by the U.S. government in 1998?
* In 1885 New York State acquired property around Niagara Falls and established the first state park in the U.S.?
* In 1892 Ellis Island opened in New York Harbor as the primary immigration depot in the U.S.?
* The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886?

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If you think in pounds and miles instead of kilograms and kilometers, you're in the minority. Only the United States, Liberia, and Burma still primarily use English units-the rest of the world is metric. And now the Moon will be metric too.

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The oldest major soft drink in America is Dr. Pepper, which originated in Waco, Texas in 1885.

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Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world.

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Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.

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The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers.

A minute later, in full view, they were both eaten by a killer whale.

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The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.
That's an exceedingly odd number.

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Jello:

In 1845, Peter Cooper, inventor and founder of Cooper Union, obtained the first patent for a gelatin dessert. In 1897, Pearl Wait, a cough medicine maker from Leroy, New York obtained the patent and added fruit flavoring to the gelatin, calling it Jell-O. The business was sold two years later for $450 to Orator F. Woodward. Today, 158 products are made under the Jell-O brand name and 300 million boxes are sold annually.

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Dutch Boy Paints

The “Dutch Process” for making paint, adopted by the Dutch Boy Co., originated with two chemists in 16th century Holland. The Dutch Boy icon was created to symbolize its superior method for creating paint. However, Michael E. Brady, the 9-year-old boy who became the inspiration for this famous trademark, wasn’t Dutch at all. He was an Irish American who lived near the artist commissioned to create the logo.

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Nuclear terms:

Nuceflash: any accidental or unauthorized incident involving a possible detonation of a nuclear weapon.

Broken Arrow: the seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon or component.

Bent Spear: any significant nuclear weapon incidents other than accidents or war risk detonations.

Dull Sword: a nuclear weapon incident other than "significant" incidents.

Faded Giant: any nuclear reactor or radiological accidents involving equipment used or in custody of the Navy.

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The Hummingbird is the world smallest bird, from the beak to the tail measures only 6cm (2.36inch). Is colored with bright colors and has an extended bill and tongue (depending on the species) to easily collect nectar from the flowers.

Apart from their size the Hummingbirds have other curiosities,They have a very fast frequency of wing fluttering, they flutter 80 times in a second, allowing them to stay hovering in the air or to fly,to either side, backwards and forward. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.

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The world littlest country is the Vatican City, with only 1000 inhabitants and 0.44Km² of extension. It is the country where the hosted the Holy See calls home, the central government of the Roman Catholic Church.

The country has his own television channel, radio station and his own newspaper. Latin is the official language.

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The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
- Albert Einstein

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
- Albert Einstein

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"A Baker's Dozen." The thirteenth loaf was regarded as a special bribe for the devil not to spoil the sale or the bread.

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The largest note ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 Gold Certificate, Series 1934. Today the largest bill the BEP prints is $100.