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MAR 2016

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3/1/16	There are 162 million females in the U.S. as of July 2014. The number of males was 157.0 million. - Provided by U.S. Census Bureau
3/2/16	Penguins find all their food in the sea and are carnivores. They eat mostly fish and squid. They also eat crustaceans, such as crabs, shrimp, and krill. A large penguin can collect up to 30 fish in one dive. Penguins (and any animal) that eat only fish are called piscivorous. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/3/16	All or part of Shakespeare's 300 original First Folios still survive. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/4/16	The original bikini was created by automobile engineer Louis Reard (1897-1984) and consisted of only 30 square inches. Reard declared it wasn't a real bikini unless it could be "pulled through a wedding ring." - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/5/16	Cars amount to three-quarters of all transportation emissions. At the current rate, the world will be driven on by more than a billion cars in 2030 and a billion more by 2050. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/6/16	In Eureka, Nevada, it is illegal for men who have mustaches to kiss women. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/7/16	A normal, healthy amount of food for an average teenager or adult is about 1,800 - 2,600 calories a day. During a bingeing episode, it is not unusual for someone to eat 20 to 25 times that amount, which is more than 50,000 calories - which is roughly equivalent to an entire extra-large pepperoni pizza, a tub of ice cream, a package of cookies, a bag of potato chips, and an entire cake. Bulimics might engage in this type of eating several times a day. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/8/16	The average temperature on Venus' surface is about 870 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the hottest planet in the solar system and hotter than most ovens. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/9/16	Bones are in a constant state of "remodeling"; in other words, old bone is broken down and replaced with new bone. Osteoporosis occurs due to loss of both a mineral and protein matrix, making bones extremely fragile. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/10/16	From 1850 to 1942, marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia as a useful medicine for nausea, rheumatism, and labor pains and was easily obtained at the local general store or pharmacy. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/11/16	The heart pumps oxygenated blood through the aorta (the largest artery) at about 1 mile (1.6 km) per hour. By the time blood reaches the capillaries, it is moving at around 43 inches (109 cm) per hour. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/12/16	The biggest single-day loss ever in the history of the Dow occurred on September 29, 2008, when it dropped 777.68 points, or approximately $1.2 trillion in market value. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/13/16	Arabic (in various dialects) is the most common language spoken in Africa with about 170 million speakers, primarily residing in North Africa. In the continent as a whole, there are over 2,000 recognized languages spoken. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/14/16	An estimated 30,000 victims of sex trafficking die each year from abuse, disease, torture, and neglect. Eighty percent of those sold into sexual slavery are under 24, and some are as young as six years old. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/15/16	Eighty percent of North Koreans who escape into China are women. Nine out of 10 of those women become victims of human trafficking, often for sex. If the women complain, they are deported back to North Korea, where they are thrown into gulags or are executed. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/16/16	The value of gold has been used as the standard for many currencies. After WWII, the United States created the Bretton Woods System, which set the value of the U.S. dollar to 1/35th of a troy ounce (888.671 mg) of gold. This system was abandoned in 1971 when there was no longer enough gold to cover all the paper money in circulation. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/17/16	The horse most likely originated in Central Asia and became very important in China. A horse is considered to be associated with the masculine symbol, yang, and with the element of fire. A person born in the Year of the Horse is considered cheerful, independent, clever, talkative, quick to anger, and able to handle money. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/18/16	The United States has 71,862 tons of nuclear waste. Waste can stay dangerous for tens of thousands of years. The industry's nuclear pile of waste is growing about 2,200 tons a year. Some waste sites contain four times the amount of spent fuel they were designed to handle. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/19/16	The jump from the Golden Gate Bridge is 250 feet. Trauma from the jump is dramatic and can cause ripped blood vessels, demolished central nervous systems, and a transected spinal cord. While a few have died from drowning and one from a shark attack, most die from the impact of the body on the water. Only 1% who jump survive. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/20/16	The oldest death sentence recorded is found in ancient Egypt. Found in the Amherst papyri, a teenaged male in 1500 B.C. is sentenced to kill himself by either poison or stabbing for practicing magic. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/21/16	Richer, heavier foods usually go well with richer, heavier wines; lighter foods demand light wines. Additionally, red wine typically is served with red meat, white wine with white meat and fish, and sweet wine with desserts. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/22/16	The surface area of the human brain is about 230-470 square inches (1,500-3,000 sq. cm). The average length of a spinal cord is about 19 inches (45 cm). - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/23/16	Horses have five highly developed senses: taste, touch, hearing, smell, and sight. They also have an enigmatic sixth sense, heightened perception, which is very rare in humans. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/24/16	Though one in five Americans has genital herpes, nearly 90% are unaware they have it. Some estimates suggest that by 2025 up to 40% of all men and half of all women could be infected. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/25/16	Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver not only low birth weight babies but also highly aggressive children. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/26/16	Oriental wedding dresses often display embroidered cranes, which are symbols of life-long fidelity. At Japanese weddings, the presence of 1001 white paper origami cranes is considered good luck. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/27/16	The 1906 earthquake in California was before the Richter scale, but scientists estimate it would rank as a 7.8. As much as 90% of the damage in San Francisco was from fires caused by cracked gas pipes. San Francisco burned for three days and nights. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/28/16	The deadliest natural disaster in the U.S. was the Galveston hurricane of 1900, which killed between 8,000-12,000 people. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/29/16	The most expensive swimsuit in the world is a bikini that is worth $30 million dollars. Designed by Susan Rosen and Steinmetz Diamonds, the bikini is made with more than 150 carats of D flawless diamonds which are all set in platinum. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/30/16	The cost of treating annual flu epidemics, including lost wages and productivity of workers, is billions of dollars each year in just the United States alone. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/31/16	The U.S. state/district with the highest concentration of gay couples is Washington, D.C. (1.29%). The lowest concentration of gay couples is found in North and South Dakota (0.22% each). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

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