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Interesting Facts - Page 112
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According to one royal chef, Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed four stiff alcoholic drinks every day - even late into her old age. She survived until age 96. The queen mother, who died in 2002 at age 101, supposedly drank even more.
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About 30% of the space junk which threatens the International Space Station was created in 2007 when China deliberately blew up one of its own satellites in a military test.
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Doping is nothing new in the Tour de France. The earliest dopers used alcohol and ether to dull the pain. By 1924, cyclists were using strychnine, cocaine, chloroform, aspirin, and horse ointment (composition unknown). No wonder Lance Armstrong is a bit salty.
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The mayor of San Francisco started a "poop patrol" in 2018 in order to help clean up human feces on the streets. Members of the patrol earn salaries of $71,760 a year, plus an additional $112,918 in yearly benefits.
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In 2021, scientists discovered the first millipede worthy of its name. Eumillipes persephone, found deep underground in the Australian outback, has up to 1300 legs. The previous record millipede only had about 750 legs.
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Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas share an island at their tri-point
Louisiana and Mississippi also share 3 islands
The state of Mississippi controls at least 11 exclaves on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, while Louisiana owns 8 exclaves on Mississippi's side.
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The Isle of Wight is the smallest county in England ... at high tide. At low tide Rutland is the smallest.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-51120075
It's possible that, excluding London and Bristol, Rutland is the smallest county at low tide. I'm not sure.
Here's a list of counties as administrative divisions of England:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_county_councils_in_England
Based on this list, the original fact might hold true, but it's difficult to back it up. I don't know if Google can do an area calculation, but they do look remarkably similar in size - it might come down to whether you include the internal waters of Rutland, or indeed the tide of the Isle of Wight.