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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Real Amazing Facts 45

The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
 

Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
 

The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly.
 

The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
 

A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
 

In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.
 

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
 

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
 

One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
 

In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps.