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January 2008  |  Issue #2  |  Ali Dubrow

Providing your quarterly diversion with a few groundbreaking, life-changing facts. Heinz Ketchup, Polar Bears, Ancient Contraceptives, and Donald Duck. Enjoy!

  • The 57 on Heinz Ketchup bottles represents the number of pickle varieties the company had at one time.

  • In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

  • A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, not white.

  • The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

  • Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants.

  • Bats always turn left when flying out of a cave.

  • The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, which was used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.

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