It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times.

To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

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