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Some interesting facts

•  Benjamin Franklin designed one of the first U.S. coins and instead of "In God We Trust" it said "Mind Your Business".
• Monopoly is based on The Landlord Game, a socialist board game all about the evils of monopolies with socialist messages.
• US wanted to switch completely to the metric system and is still going slowly towards it.
• There is a village in Nebraska with only one resident.She acts as mayor, and even pays taxes to herself.
• Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to to remind them of the importance of humility. It is in memory of a bridge that collapsed twice due to incorrect calculations involving iron.
• When Saint Lawrence was condemned to death by the Romans he was tied on top of an iron grill over a slow fire that roasted his flesh little by little. His last words were "turn me over, I'm done on this side!". 
• There is a chemotherapy drug that erases your finger prints as a side effect.
• It is illegal for pet stores in Beverly Hills to sell dogs and cats that are not from a shelter or rescue.
• Santa Claus in the Marvel Universe is the most powerful mutant ever detected by Cerebro.
• Steve Jobs wife is the largest shareholder in The Walt Disney Company.She have more shares in Disney than in Apple.
• Cats can become addicted to tuna and refuse to eat anything else. Veterinarians refer to these cats as 'tuna junkies.'
• The Vikings were considered overly concerned with cleanliness for bathing once a week.
• A spaceship accelerating at 1g will reach close to the speed of light in about a year.
• Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who ever lived.
• Astronauts have to sleep near a ventilator fan or they risk suffocating in a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide