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On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.

Bharat Ratna : pandit bhimsen joshi
hindustani classical vocalist
Year : 2008
Region : karnataka.

One can see the stars during the day from the bottom of a well.

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water.

One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye.

One in eight Americans is considered poor, but one home in six has at least three cars or trucks.

Bharat Ratna : ustad bismillah khan
classical shehnai maestro
Year : 2001
Region : bihar.

One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.

One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed.

Bharat Ratna : lata mangeshkar
play back singer
Year : 2001
Region : maharashtra.

One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed.

Bharat Ratna : gopinath bordoloi
posthumous, freedom fighter
Year : 1999
Region : assam.

Bharat Ratna : amartya sen
nobel laureate (economics, 1998)
Year : 1999
Region : west bengal.

One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States.

One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel, was mauled to death on the set by a raging elephant!

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw them as competitors.

One out of 20 people have an extra rib.

One out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on tobacco for their livelihood !

One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.

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