In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles.

Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells.

A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.

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