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Baseball star Babe Ruth was born George Herman Ruth. During his sporting career he played in 2503 games and had a lifetime batting average of .342.
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Based on a US Justice Department study conducted between 1992 and 1996, workplace violence troubles 1.7 million Americans a year. Number of workers attacked or threatened per thousand: Police officers: 306, Private security guards: 218, Taxi drivers: 184, Prison guards: 117, Bartenders: 91, Mental health professionals: 80, Gas station attendants: 79.
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Based on various cosmological techniques the universe is estimated at 10 - 18 gigayears old. (1 gigayear = 1 000 000 000 000 years)
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Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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Because of a large orbital eccentricity, Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune between January 1979 and March 1999.
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Because of TV censorship, actress Mariette Hartley was not allowed to show her belly button on Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK [episode #78 "All Our Yesterdays" in 1969] but later Roddenberry got even when he gave Hartley "two" belly buttons in the sci-fi movie Genesis II (1973).
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Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.
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Bees have 5 eyes.
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Beethoven incorporated the tune of 'God Save the King' into his 'Battle' Symphony.
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