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 More Little Known Facts!                                                   
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 * Robert E. Lee, commander and chief of the Confederate armies had actually
   freed his own slaves.  His comment regarding this was:  "slavery is a    
   moral and political evil in any society, a greater evil to the white man 
   than the black."                                                         
 * Harvard originally ranked students by social position, not by scholarship
 * Whatever days the new year begins on, the year will have 53 of those     
   days in total.                                                           
 * How many jobs can a President fill by appointment? 3,000 in total.  Now  
   you understand how one person can screw up so much.                      
 * Moles are strange little animals.  When they crave out a tunnel they     
   make the turns 90 degrees.                                               
 * If one fifth of the sky is covered with clouds the weather is considered 
   clear.                                                                   
 * Within the jurisdiction of the U.S. more than 26,000 islands, of 10      
   acres or more, exist.                                                    
 * The Department of Agriculture spent $45,000 to determine that on average 
   it takes a person 54/100ths of a second to break an egg.  Wonder what    
   relative needed a job.                                                   
 * There are more people studying English in China, than there are speaking 
   it in the U.S.                                                           


