Interesting Things 3

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Yet another installment.. if you haven't seen the others, go check them out. New Jersey was originally called Albania! More than 150,000,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S! More than 2 million documents will be lost by the IRS this year. People who are modestly overweight have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight! 18% of an American's income is spent on transportation. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks. All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee. Antarctica is a desert. Seaweed is used to thicken icecream. In Idaho, it is illegal to give someone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds! Until 1834, it was illegal for any soldier of the U.S. Army to carry the American flag into battle. Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers. There are more female than male millionaires in the United States. Tibetans drink tea made of salt and rancid yak butter. - Ewww When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine. Some salamanders can grow up to five feet in length! More to come later. Enjoy!