The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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On average 15% of people secretly chew their toenails.

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If a man farted non-stop for six years and nine months and then lit it he would produce an explosion equal to the power of the first atomic bomb!

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In the United Kingdom Indian restaurants employ more people than steel making, mining and shipbuilding industries put together!

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Chop Suey was invented in New York City not in China.

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McDonalds restaurant buys two billion eggs a year solely for the huge demand for their egg Mcmuffins!

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French Fries are originally from Belgium not France.

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The soft drink '7-Up' got it's name from the inventor who had already rejected six other names for the product.

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McDonald's fast food restaurant opened its training school, Hamburger University, in Oak Brook, Illinois in 1961.

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China is the second largest fast food market after the United States.

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Fast food is not a new idea. In ancient Rome there were vendors who sold food ready to eat from street stalls.

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Britons eat, on average, 2.2 curries per week - spending £2.8 billion on the hot stuff every year!

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The Chinese were the first people to ever use toilet paper.

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In Africa the women of the Xhosa tribe are allowed to smoke pipes when they come of age.

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Indian Totem poles represent family trees the same way as English Heraldic crests do.

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Anyone in England who reaches the age of 105 will receive a telegram from the Queen or King on every birthday.