- Fourteen million people were killed in World War I, twenty million died in a flu epidemic in the years that followed.
- France contains the greatest length of paved roads.
- Frank Baum named "Oz" after a file cabinet in his office. One cabinet was labelled "A to N," and the second was labelled "O to Z."
- Frank Sinatra was once quoted as saying rock 'n' roll was only played by 'cretinous goons'.
- Fred Astaire's first screen notes read: 'Can't act, Can't Sing, Can Dance a little'.
- Frederic-August Bartholdi sculpted The Statue of Liberty.
- French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
- Fried chicken is the most popular meal ordered in sit-down restaurants in the US. The next in popularity are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.
- From 70 to 80 percent of all ripe olives are grown in California's approximately 35,000 acres. In the 1700s, Franciscan monks brought olives to Mexico and then into California by way of the missions. The first cuttings were planted in 1769 at the San Diego Mission. Commercial cultivation of California olives began in the late 1800s. Today, anywhere from 80,000 to 160,000 tons of olives are produced in California each year.
- From fertilisation to birth, a baby's weigh increase 5 000 million times.
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