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52 Interesting Facts about the War of 1812 9 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
The war of 1812 began on June 18, 1812, and ended December 24, 1814, with the Treaty of Ghent. However, the final battle of the war was fought on January 8, 1815, after the Treaty had already been sig...
71 Interesting Facts about HIV/AIDS 6 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Globally, 40 million people are infected with AIDS. Approximately 2.1 million of those are under the age of 15.d HIV is the worlds leading infectious killer. To date, approximately 25 million people ...
48 Interesting Facts about Missing People 6 Aug 2013 | 12:17 am
Every 40 seconds, a child goes missing in the U.S.b When a child goes missing, the first 3 hours are the most crucial in finding the child safely. Approximately 76.2% of abducted children who are mur...
99 Valuable Facts about Money 2 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
Cattle (which include sheep, camels, and other livestock) are the first and oldest form of money. In parts of Africa, cows were used as money until the mid-1900s. Each head of cattle was called a capu...
101 Interesting Facts about the Civil War 30 Jul 2013 | 11:40 pm
The Civil War was the bloodiest war ever fought on American soil. During an average day during the war, approximately 600 people were killed. By the end of the war, over 618,000 people had died. This ...
98 Interesting Facts about Penises 17 Jul 2013 | 08:10 am
The word penis is from the Latin meaning tail. The plural of penis is penises or penes. The word phallus is sometimes used to mean penis, but traditionally it is used to describe images or symbols of ...
67 Sip-a-licious Facts about Tea 27 Jun 2013 | 12:58 am
There is an estimated 1,500 different types of tea.j The United Kingdom drinks about 165 million cups of tea a day, or 62 billion cups per year.k Britain is the second-largest nation of tea drinkers...
85 Sobering Facts about Shooting Deaths 24 Jun 2013 | 07:14 pm
Almost 2/3 of all murders in the United States involve guns.a The CDC Injury Prevention and Control Center notes that suicide firearm injuries were the 4th leading cause of injury deaths in the US in...
51 Mouth-Watering Facts about Popcorn 24 May 2013 | 08:55 pm
Americans eat around 17 billion quarts of popcorn every year. This amount would fill the Empire State Building 18 times.d Nebraska produces an estimated 250 million pounds of popcorn per yearmore tha...
75 Radical Facts about Tattoos 15 May 2013 | 02:48 am
In the U.S., more women than men are tattooed (23% vs. 19%), according to a 2012 survey.h A 2006 survey revealed that 36% of those ages 18-25 and 40% of those ages 26-40 have at least one tattoo.f T...
