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- Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
- Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
- Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
- Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
- Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
- Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
- Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
- Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
- Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
- Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
- Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
- Did you know paper money was first used in China
- Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
- Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
- Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
- Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
- Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
- Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
- Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
- Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)