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The population of the American colonies in 1610 was 350.

The first European to set foot on mainland North America was Leif Eriksson.

The first European explorer from the "Age of Discovery" to set foot in North America was John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), who when he landed called it New Found Land.

Christopher Columbus actually discovered the Bahamas on his first voyage to the Americas.

Ducks don't like oil....especially when it's near a hot pan...

The country of Yemen has the world's highest fertility rate among women at 7.6, the world's lowest — Switzerland at 1.5.

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Rasputin, the "Mad Monk" who influenced the Russian Royal Family, was poisoned with cyanide, shot 3 times (twice in the head), bludgeoned with a dumbbell, but had to be dumped under the ice in a river before he finally died from drowning .

The place name Jersey comes from ancient Roman Caesaria,city of Caesar.
Likeswise the Spanish city of Zaragoza (Caesar Augusta)

arthopods constitute about 90% of the animal community.

Actor Yaphet Kotto, co-star Lt. Al "Gee" Giardello on TV's acclaimed Homicide: Life on the Street, has an unusual background. He was raised a Jew and attended Roman Catholic schools. He is also of royalty: his father is a Cameroonian crown prince. In a scenario of life imitating art, Kotto's oldest son, Fred, works in San José, California as a police officer.

"Bury" is Anglo-Saxon for "Fortified Place", and so there are lots of place names in England that end in Bury. You can therefore tell towns which were fortified in Anglo Saxon times.

Towns which were originally Roman often end in Caster, Chester, or Cester

In the Big Boy is not compounded, it is not a true Mallet.



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There are approximately 10^80 possible variations by which a game of chess can be played.