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1. The average IQ is between 85 and 115.

2. Abraham Lincoln's favorite food was cheese.

3. George Orwell was a pen name. The real name of the author of Animal Farm and 1984 was Eric Arthur Blair.

4. The diameter of the earth is 7,917 miles.

    The diameter of the sun is 865,370 miles.

    The circumference of the earth is 24,901 miles.

    The circumference of the sun is 2,700,000 miles

    The sun holds 99.8% of the mass of the solar system.

    1,300,00 earths could fit inside the sun.

    If the sun were scaled down to the size of a large grapefruit, the similarly scaled-down earth would  be

    a pinhead.

5. The word ROBOT was introduced by Czech writer Karel Capek in his 1921 play R.U.R. It comes from the Czech word meaning "forced labor" or  "drudgery". 

6. All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except the Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.

7. Elzie Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theatre" made its debut in the New York Journal in 1919. It featured the characters Olive Oyl, her brother Castor Oyl, and her boyfriend Ham Gravy. Popeye didn't appear in the strip until 1929. 

8. Monet's 1872 painting Impression: Sunrise was the source of the initially derisive term "Impressionists".

9. "Phishing" is the practice of sending emails that falsely claim to be from a legitimate organization in an attempt to steal confidential personal information.

10. Vice president John Tyler became President John Tyler when William Henry Harrison died on April 4, 1841 - just one month after his inauguration.