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3/1/20	President Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 increased tourism to the Great Wall. With increased tourism, sections of the Wall were restored, and after Mao Zedong’s death, the Chinese government recognized the Wall as a unifying symbol of the nation. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/2/20	Held every second Sunday of March, Dia de los Boyeros is an annual ox cart festival in Escazú, Costa Rica. It attracts around 100 painted antique oxcarts and the great oxen to pull them, plus thousands of visitors. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/3/20	Only one word in all of English has the letters X, Y, and Z in order: Hydroxyzine. This unique word is a type of medicine that prevents sneezing and anxiety. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/4/20	The development of human clothes has influenced the evolution of other species. For example, unlike all other kinds of louse, the body louse clings to clothing not to hair. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/5/20	The first 144 digits of pi add up to 666 (which many scholars say is “the mark of the Beast”). And 144 = (6+6) x (6+6). Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/6/20	In 2002, a rainstorm with low temperatures killed as many as 250 million monarchs in Mexico. An estimated 80% of the butterflies died at one of their mountain sanctuaries. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/7/20	A vulture named the Lammergeyer will fly with bones high in the air and then drop them onto rocks. It will then eat the smashed bones, like a circus sword swallower. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/8/20	The largest U.S. bill ever in circulation was the $10,000 bill, which was issued until 1945. As of May 30, 2009, only 336 of these large bills have been known to survive. Salmon P. Chase is depicted on the bill. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/9/20	Chile is the longest country in the world from north to south at 2,647 miles (4,620 km) long and extends across 38 degrees of latitude. The Andes Mountain Range extends the entire length of the country north to south. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/10/20	The modern word “China” most likely derives from the name of the Qin (pronounced “chin”) dynasty. First Emperor Qin Shi Huang (260-210 B.C.) of the Qin dynasty first unified China in 221 B.C., beginning an Imperial period which would last until A.D. 1912. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/11/20	Over 600 East German border guards defected from the East to the West across the Berlin Wall. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/12/20	Copenhagen’s Strøget, at almost 2 miles (3.2 km) long, is the oldest and longest pedestrian street in the world. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/13/20	Hair color is based on how much melanin, or pigmentation, is in the hair. Two types of melanin create hair color: 1) eumelanin and 2) phaeomelanin. The more eumelanin a person has, the darker their hair will be. Phaeomelanin works in a similar way, except instead of causing hair to be blacker, it causes hair to be more red. Low levels of both eumelanin and phaeomelanin characterize blonde hair. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/14/20	Nearly 10 million females and 1 million males have a form of anorexia or bulimia in the United States. Millions more are struggling with compulsive eating disorder. Additionally, over 70 million people worldwide struggle with an eating disorder. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/15/20	Utah’s Great Salt Lake is about four times saltier than any of the world’s oceans. If a person boiled 1 quart of water from the saltiest part of the lake, a half cup of salt would remain. It is so salty because as the ancient Lake Bonneville dried up, salt and other minerals were left behind. Because the shrinking lake had no stream out to sea, the salt deposits became concentrated in the lake. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/16/20	Potatoes and tomatoes are very closely related, even though they look and taste very different. They are both members of the nightshade family. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/17/20	Swaziland is the smallest country in Africa. At 6,704 square miles (17,364 square kilometers) it is slightly smaller than the state of Massachusetts. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/18/20	When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/19/20	Rome has a sovereign state located entirely in its city limits, the Vatican City, which is also the world’s smallest state. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/20/20	Gourds were so important to the Haitian people that in 1807, President Henri Christophe (1761-1820) made them the base of national currency and declared all gourds the property of the state. Today, the Haitian currency is called “gourdes.” Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/21/20	Most Europeans, except the Germans, usually snooze or relax in the middle of the day. China, India, and parts of the Middle East are also big napping territories. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/22/20	The Milky Way rotates at a speed of 168 miles per second. So, the actual place in space where you were an hour ago is now roughly 600,000 miles away. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/23/20	London is one of only two cities above the 50th parallel with a population of more than five million. Moscow is the other. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/24/20	Around 25% of people report suffering from glossophobia, the fear of public speaking. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/25/20	Most of the popular soda drinks today originated and flourished in pharmacies during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Early sodas were marketed as cure-alls for impotence, stomach pain, scurvy, alcoholism, opium addictions, nervousness, and more. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/26/20	A human skeleton renews itself completely every 10 years. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/27/20	In 1971, the Navy dispatched a team of dolphins “armed” with large carbon-dioxide-filled hypodermic needles strapped to their beaks to guard a U.S. Navy base in Vietnam. The dolphins were trained to deliver a fatal injection in humans’ lungs or stomachs. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/28/20	Five American Indian tribes live in or near the Grand Canyon. The tribes are the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, and Paiute. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/29/20	The Boston Latin School was established on April 23, 1635 in Boston as the first public school within Massachusetts in which later became part of the United States. [Source]
3/30/20	Up until 7 months old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time. Provided by FactRetriever.com
3/31/20	The trench network of World War I stretched approximately 25,000 miles (40,200 km) from the English Channel to Switzerland. The area was known as the Western Front. British poet Siegfried Sassoon wrote, “When all is done and said, the war was mainly a matter of holes and ditches.” Provided by FactRetriever.com

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