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What percent of US electricity is generated from nuclear power plants?

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20.5%

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What percent of American adults own prescription eyeglasses?

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63.5%

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And the 2001 UK census, how many people registered Jedi as a religion?

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390,000

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What percent of American men like to sleep in the nude?

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31%

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The right brothers but the first engine powered airplane. How many pounds did it weigh?

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750 pounds

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How many dollars did the US pay Russia to acquire Alaska in 1867?

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7,200,000 (two cents per acre)

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In what year was a collection of jokes first published in book form?

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350

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In what year did the candycane first appear?

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1670

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What is the fewest number of moves that it takes to solve any Rubik’s cube?

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20

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In pounds, what is the least a woman to way to be carried in the world wife carrying championships?

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107.8 pounds

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In feet, how long is the Statue of Liberty’s right arm?

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42 feet

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How many people can be seated in the ancient Roman Colosseum?

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49,000

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How much of the first mobile phone cost when it was released in 1983?

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3,995 dollars

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How many letters are in a traditional vision testing chart?

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61

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Hercules beetle can carry an object that is how many times its own weight?

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850

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What percent of Mike Tyson’s fights were wins by knockout?

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75.86%

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In 2000, 942 million music CDs were purchased in the US. How many were purchased in the US in 2011?

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223.5 million

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And what year was toilet paper first advertised on national TV?

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1995

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How many words are in the US Declaration of Independence?

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1,323

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In dollars, what was the total US box office receipts for all eight Harry Potter movies?

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2.39 billion

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How many pages were in the FBI’s file on Albert Einstein?

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1,427

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How many babies are born worldwide every minute?

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258

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What percent of Americans believe the aliens have visited the earth?

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48%

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What percent of Americans think that it is morally wrong to cheat on their taxes?

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87%

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How many years separated the creation of the hamburger and the creation of the hamburger bun?
31 years
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How many slices of pizza are eaten in US every second?
350
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In what year did people magazine first name and sexiest man alive?
1985
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In dollars, how much did Mark Zuckerberg's net worth decrease in the three months after Facebook's IPO?
8.88 billion dollars
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How many James Bond novels did Ian Fleming right?
12
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In how many movies did Elvis Pressley appear?
31
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And pounds, what was the combined birth weight of the heaviest set of twins to survive?
27.75 pounds
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In feet, how tall is the tallest Buddha statue in the world?
420 feet
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And what year did someone first stand naked on the summit of Mount Everest?
2006
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And what year did someone first barrel over Niagara Falls and survive?
1901
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What percent of bank robberies are committed by woman?
6.2%
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What percent of US one dollar bills are contaminated with disease causing bacteria?
94%
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In what year was a smiley face first used to express emotion on the computer screen?
1982
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In what year did McDonald's introduce the Big Mac nationwide?
1968
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In feet and inches, what is the width between the uprights of an NFL goal post?
18 feet, 6 inches
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What is the most points scored by winning team in the Super Bowl?
55
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The first portable computer was released in 1981. How many pounds did it weigh?
23.5 pounds
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In years, how old was the oldest woman to parachute from a plane?
100 years old
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In feet, how high is the tallest mountain in Colorado?
14,433
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In feet, how tall is the Eiffel tower?
1,063 feet
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On average, how many days per year does it rain in Las Vegas?
27 days
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On average, how many days per year does it rain in Seattle?
150 days
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What is the world record for the most hotdogs eaten in 10 minutes?
68
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On average, how many pounds of cheese does and American eat each year?
31 pounds
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What percent of American adults volunteered at least once in the past year?
26.3%
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What percent of American children hang a stocking at Christmas?
29%
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How many US states abbreviations do not contain the vowel?
20
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In feet and inches, how far from the dart board do professional player stand when playing darts?
7 feet, 9.25 inches
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In what year did the Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees?
1999
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In what year was Elvis Pressley inducted into the US or me?
1958
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In hours, how long did it take a plane to first fly around the world without stopping for refueling?
216.05 hours
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In hours and minutes, what is the record for covering 22 miles on a pogo stick
12 hours, 27 minutes
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In feet and inches, how long was the longest zucchini ever measured?
7 feet 10 inches
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What is the record for strikeouts in a nine inning major league baseball game?
20
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How many minutes does the average Americans been commuting to work?
25.1 minutes
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In pounds, what was the first weight of the heaviest baby to survive?
22.5 pounds
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In what year was the human voice first recorded?
1960
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In what year did a woman first orbit the earth?
1963
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In miles, how long does the equator stretch around the earth?
24,901 miles
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What percent of US beer sales are of brands owned by Anhueser-Busch?
48.3%
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In miles, how long is the world's longest road tunnel?
15.23 miles
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In miles, how deep is the deepest hole ever drilled into the earth?
7.7 miles
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In what year was instant replay first in a televised football game?
1963
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What year was frozen pizza first sold in the US?
1957
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And dollars, how much did Luke Skywalker's light saber sell for at a 2008 auction?
240,000 dollars
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In the 2000 film gladiator, how many people in the Colosseum crowd scenes were cardboard cutouts?
400
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What percent of Americans wash their hands after using a public bathroom?
85%
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What percent of Americans say they send a text message while driving?
37%
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How much did Google pay to acquire YouTube in 2006?
1.65 billion
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How much did Elvis Pressley pay for Graceland in 1957?
103,500 dollars
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How many territories are on a risk board?
42
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In what year was submarine invented?
1775
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Chang and Eng Bunker were 19th-century Siamese twins. How many children did they father?
21
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The London zoo put on a humans exhibit in 2005, how many humans were put on display?
8