In Fact

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One in every 3,400 Americans is an Elvis impersonator.

By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons.

Lauren Bacall and Shimon Peres are first cousins.

5.8 per cent of people ever born are alive today.

Each successive monarch faces in a different direction on British coins.

When India's Sachin Tendulkar bats against Pakistan in test matches, the television audience in India exceeds the total population of Europe.

Queen Victoria spoke Urdu and Hindi.

The word 'boredom' did not exist in the English language until after 1750.

Peanuts are used as an ingredient in dynamite.

Of all heart attacks, around 6 per cent occur during sexual intercourse. Of these, 90 per cent happen during extramarital sex.

In 1949, there were 160,000 young Conservatives; today, there are 3,000.

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