Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars.

Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.

Between 25% and 33% of the population sneeze when exposed to light.

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