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7395~The average person receives eight birthday cards annually, according to Hallmark.
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07-07-2003, 12:31 PM
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7396~The waist size of the Statue of Liberty is 35 feet in diameter. But there is no real "waistline"--the robe forms the outer shell of the statue and there is no "torso" underneath.
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07-07-2003, 12:32 PM
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7397~The first public aquarium in the United States was opened by showman P.T. Barnum in New York City in 1856.
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07-07-2003, 12:33 PM
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7398~The Library of Congress ceased publishing Playboy in braille in 1985 after Congress voted to withhold funding. Playboy had been publishing in braille--without ads or pictures--for fifteen years. Publication resumed in 1986 after the courts ruled Congress' action illegal. At the time, Playboy was the sixth most popular of the 36 publications the Library was printing in braille.
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07-07-2003, 12:34 PM
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7399~India ink originated in China.
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07-07-2003, 12:35 PM
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7400~St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Scotland, in the town of Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton. He was captured at age 16 by Gaels and taken to Ireland, where he was sold as a slave.
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07-07-2003, 01:24 PM
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we really have to hurry 
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07-07-2003, 01:25 PM
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7402~Exactly!!!!
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07-07-2003, 01:25 PM
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7403~ I hate not completing things
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07-07-2003, 01:27 PM
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#7404~Can we count by 100s? 1000s? 
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07-07-2003, 01:28 PM
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7405~True, Lil. And you haven't imparted all of your conversion tactics to me yet. 
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07-07-2003, 01:29 PM
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7406~Of course, I *am* on that quest for 10,000 posts before the end of July...
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7407~Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. under Platform 8 of the King's Cross Railway Station in London.
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07-07-2003, 01:31 PM
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7408~There is only one time zone in China, although the country covers 3,691,521 square miles and geographically could be in five different zones. The government requires clocks throughout the nation to conform to those in the capital, Beijing.
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07-07-2003, 01:32 PM
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7409~On the island of New Guinea, one-third of the world's languages are spoken. More than 700 distinct native languages can be heard.
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