The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world. They can reach a top speed of around 113 km per hour.

Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).

Gillette spent $1,000,000 to place razor samples in the welcome bags handed out at a Democratic National Convention, only to have them confiscated as they were considered a threat. This caused huge delays at all security checkpoints.

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