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7/1/19	Although child marriage is illegal in Ethiopia, 49% of girls marry before 18 and nearly 1 in 5 Ethiopian girls is married before 15. Almost half of 15- to 19- year-old girls in the Amhara region have been or currently are married.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/2/19	In Borneo, to stop babies from crying, the saw from a sawfish shark is covered in cloth and hung over the cradle.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/3/19	Prohibition, or the outlaw of the sale and consumption of alcohol, began on July 1, 1919 in Chicago. The night before, the city of Chicago experienced over $2 million in liquor sales.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/4/19	The largest snake fossil ever found is the Titanoboa. It lived over 60 million years ago and reached over 50 feet (15 meters) long. It weighed more than 20 people and ate crocodiles and giant tortoises.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/5/19	A hobbit-like species of human lived about 18,000 years ago. About the size of a 3-year-old, they lived with pygmy elephants and 10-foot-long lizards.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/6/19	The first recorded gold ever discovered in the United States was was a 17-pound nugget found in Cabarrus, North Carolina. When more gold was discovered in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, in 1803, the first U.S. gold rush began.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/7/19	In the summer heat, the iron in France's Eiffel Tower expands, making the tower grow more than 6 inches.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/8/19	Mars' northern and southern hemispheres are so different they could be different planets. The southern hemisphere is heavily cratered with a high elevation. In contrast, the northern hemisphere has a lower elevation with fewer craters. Scientists believe a meteor the size of Pluto once hit Mars, creating the smoother northern region of the planet.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/9/19	Today, Chernobyl has become one of the world's most unique wildlife areas. Populations of eagles, beavers, wolves, and deer live in the abandoned area around Chernobyl.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/10/19	Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country by area in the world, but it has one of the lowest population densities at 6 people per square mile.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/11/19	Before sandpaper was invented, people used the rough skin of sharks, called shagreen, to smooth and polish wood. Japanese warriors wrapped the skin around the handles of their swords to keep the swords from slipping out of their hands.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/12/19	Those who read fiction have a larger vocabulary than those who do not. Fiction usually contains a wider range of vocabulary than nonfiction does.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/13/19	About 100 years ago, 40% of American infants did not crawl. Instead, they crabbed on their backs, hitched, or log rolled to avoid tripping on the long gowns that babies wore during that era.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/14/19	Because the Norway leader Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) actively collaborated with Germany after its occupation, his name has entered the Norwegian language as a word for "traitor."- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/15/19	The most famous soccer field in Tokyo is the Adidas Football Park. The regulation field is located 130 feet above the ground on the top of Tokyu Toyoko Department Store.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/16/19	Swiftlet nests are made from strands of saliva from the male swiftlet bird. Swiftlet nests collected from Thai caves can fetch more than $900 per pound. It is one of the world's most coveted and expensive food items.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/17/19	Only two types of mammals are native to Hawaii: the hoary bat and the monk seal.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/18/19	The word sembako refers to Indonesia’s nine essential culinary ingredients: rice, sugar, egg, meat, flour, corn, fuel, cooking oil, and salt. When any of these becomes unavailable or more expensive, repercussions can be felt right through to the presidency.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/19/19	Stone Age tools found in Namibia dating back to 200,000 years ago are the earliest remains of humans yet identified in Africa. The tools are believed to have belonged to a Homo sapiens predecessor, Homo erectus.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/20/19	Chandragupta Maurya (340-290 B.C.), a leader in India who established the Mauryan Empire (321-185 B.C.), was guarded by a band of women on horseback.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/21/19	An X-ray on the spine is equivalent to 6 months of exposure to naturally occurring background radiation. A CT on the spine is equivalent to 2 years' worth.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/22/19	Tornadoes are most common in the spring and least common in winter.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/23/19	Helmets weren't mandatory for football players until 1939.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/24/19	Car crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/25/19	The anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that weighs options when making a decision, is larger in women than in men.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/26/19	The world's largest pearl was discovered by a Filipino diver in the Palawan Sea in 1934. Known as the "Pearl of Lao Tzu," or "Pearl of Allah," the gem weighs 14 pounds (6.35 kg) and measures 9.5 inches (24 cm) long and 5.5 inches (.4 cm) in diameter. It has a value of over US$40 million. It is believed to be 600 years old.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/27/19	Before the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978, American women could get fired from a job for being pregnant.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/28/19	Sleepwalking is called somnambulism (Latin somnus "sleep" + ambulare "to walk"). About 18% of the world suffers from somnambulism.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/29/19	Scientists note that employees should keep working until the age of 80, but that they should only work 25 hours a week for optimal productivity.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/30/19	The father of pizza is considered to be Rafaele Esposito from Italy. He wanted his pizza to look like the Italian flag, so he topped his pizza with green basil, white mozzarella, and red tomatoes.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
7/31/19	The empty egg cases of some sharks (such as the dogfish shark) that wash up on seashores are called "mermaid purses."- Provided by FactRetriever.com

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