The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?".

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