DID YOU KNOW ?

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• The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
• Half the world's population earns about 5% of the world's wealth.
• The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
• The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.
• Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
• The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
• Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
• The oldest word in the English language is "town"
• The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
• The sun is 330330 times larger than the earth.
• The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmenterianism".
• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.