Fast facts.(Brief article)

* The human head contains 22 bones.

* More than 5 billion crayons are produced each year.

* One in 10 people live on an island.

* Paul Revere never actually completed his journey.

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* Half of the world's population has seen at least one James Bond (007) movie.

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* One can live without food for almost a month but cannot survive longer than a week without water.

* There are about 1 billion bicycles in the world--almost 400 million of which are in China.

* Coffee is the world's most popular stimulant. Four out of five Americans drink it.

* Bees do not have ears, but they have an excellent sense of smell with chemoreceptors in their antennae.

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