There were an estimated 2,179,140 burglaries in the United States in 2007

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As of November 2009, the Earth's population is estimated by the United States Census Bureau to be 6.795 billion. About 227,000 people are added to the world each day.

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Contrary to popular belief, the White House was always white. A lime-based whitewash was used in 1798 to protect the sandstone from the elements. The earliest known written mention of "White House" is from 1812. President Theodore Roosevelt made the name official in 1901.

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Fact of the Day: atmosphere

Without the atmosphere, it would be impossible to live on earth. The atmosphere's layers form a "blanket" around the earth, protecting us from dangerous rays of the sun and from the cold of outer space. The atmosphere contains the air that we breathe, water vapor, and dust. Air contains carbon dioxide and nitrogen, vital for life, and water vapor forms the clouds that bring rain. The atmosphere is held in place by the pull of the earth's gravity and extends to about 1,250 miles above the earth.

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What about a little oxygen?
Tullio

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AFAIK Mars has lost most of its atmosphere. Venus has a very dense atm, made of CO2. So maybe Venus is Earth's past, Mars is Earth's future. In between, life.
Tullio

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Our collective weight is going up. The average American male has gained 17.1 pounds and the average American female has added 15.4 pounds since 1988.

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Meet the Press, which is the all-time longest-running television show and is still on the air, began in 1945 as a radio show called “American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press.”

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Most of us dream every 90 minutes, and the longest dreams (30-45 minutes) occur in the morning.

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Canada has the world's longest coastline of 202,080 kilometres (125,567 miles) and Monaco has the shortest coastline of 5.632 kilometers (3.5 miles).

How about countries like Paraguay - no coast, so 0 coastline.

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Canada has the world's longest coastline of 202,080 kilometres (125,567 miles) and Monaco has the shortest coastline of 5.632 kilometers (3.5 miles).

How about countries like Paraguay - no coast, so 0 coastline.

Monaco has a huge coastline compared to the Principality of Sealand.

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FACT OF THE DAY: Support Refdesk
The iron framework of the Statue of Liberty was devised by French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, who also built the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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In 2007, the Toyota Camary was the top-selling passenger car in the U.S. with 473,103 sold.

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Juneau, Alaska, can be reached by cruise ship, ferry, or air, but it is the only U.S. state capital that cannot be reached by road

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Juneau, Alaska, can be reached by cruise ship, ferry, or air, but it is the only U.S. state capital that cannot be reached by road

Depends on how far you mean. Try driving to Hawaii from any of the other states.

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In 2001, 59-year-old Robert Tools received the world's first fully implantable artificial heart.

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On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.

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A middle-income American family with a child born in 2008 can expect to spend about $221,190 ($291,570 when adjusted for inflation) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next seventeen years. In 1960, a middle-income family could have expected to spend $25,230 ($183,509 in 2008 dollars) to raise a child through age seventeen.

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In 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point in the Great Depression; its value had dropped nearly 90% since Sept. 1929. -

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Kentucky has the highest rate of smokers (28.7%) in the U.S., while Utah (11.5%) has the lowest.

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