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31. The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.

32. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

33. If it were removed from the body, the small intestine would stretch to a length of 22 feet.

34. It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

35. In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.

36. Japanese and Chinese people die on the fourth of the month more often than any other dates.

37. The United States has more airports than any other nation (there are over 14,800).

38. Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.

39. By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

40. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

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