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The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.

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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline moves up to 88,000 barrels of oil per hour on its 800 mile journey to Valdez.

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An autisic boy in Britain has been taught how to speak by his family's pet parrot,says the London Sun.Dylan Hargreaves,4, had never uttered a word before his mother was given Barney the parrot as a gift and trained it to talk."Every time I gave the bird something to say,Dylan started trying to say the same thing," says Michelle Hargreaves, 33.Soon Dylan was uttering whole,if single-syllables,words."Now when I put him to bed he says ,"Night,night,Mum.It means the world to me.

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A Scotish funeral home is under fire for using the ashes of cremated bodies to grit the sidewalk in icy conditions,says the Glasgow Sunday Mail.Staff at Co-op Funeralcare in Dunfermline says that ashes were used to increase the traction on a wheelchair-access ramp. "I went into that line of work to help people in their grief, not to do things like that,' a former employee of the home told the newspaper."It's absolutely shocking. It's part of the reason I moved on.

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Most of America's salmon, crab, halibut, and herring come from Alaska.

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The inside of a cucumber is often twenty-degrees hotter than the surrounding air.

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The top three names for female babies born in China last year were Huan Yue, Jia Li and -- unlikely as it seems -- Buffy.

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The average number of eclipses in a year is four, two of the sun and two of the moon

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A Chinese city was brought to its knees last week by a stuffed black leopard.After the 3-foot-long animal was spotted crouching on a public footpath in Xiamen,dogs were scared and passerbys were running for their lives, according to a witness.Some of those fleeing the phony feline ran into busy streets causing a massive traffic jam.Only when police armed with tranquilizer guns arrived on the scene was the beast identified as a cuddly soft toy.

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A prominent organization of anthropologists has predicted that by the year 5000, humans will have two rectums, but only one nostril.

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An Indian man turned up so drunk for his own wedding that the bride married his younger brother instead.Not only was the original groom intoxicated,said local police officer Madho Singh,he had"misbehaved with guest," prompting the bride's family to chase him away and offer their teenage daughter to the groom's more sober younger brother.who immediately accepted. The original groom has since apologized,said Singh,but has been crying that the word will spread and he will never get a bride again.

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A real estate agent showing a house to a Wisconsin couple had her hopes of a commission dashed when her clients found a dead body in one of the bedrooms.Linda Chabucos-Galow says she was waiting in the dining room while Justin and Colleen McKeen inspected the house.Suddenly,she heard Colleen scream.I thought, What's wrong? said the agent."Maybe it was a dead mouse or something," In fact,it was the body of homeowner Linda O'leary,55,whose cause of death has yet to be determined.

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Hogs eat any and all kinds of snakes.

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Two-thirds of all the world's coriander comes from a single valley in Italy.

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At 20,320 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley, located in Alaska's interior, is the highest point in North America.

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Juneau is the only capital city in the United States accessible only by boat or plane.

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Using its anal sphincter muscle, the Mongolian tapir is capable of creating high-pitched tones that can be heard by dogs nearly 30 miles away.

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Quentin Tarantino says he was a black slave in a previous life. The director says he was introduced to the Buddhist concept of reincarnation by his occasional muse,actress Uma Thurman,and has come to discover he has had at least three previous lives,one Chinese,one Japanese and one as " a black slave in America." Asked how he knows this,Tarantino says,"I've got nothing I could say that would not make me sound like a horse's butt,"adding,"It just a feeling.A Knowing."

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Police in San Franicsco are celebrating the capture of the bank robber known as the "Boring Bandit" Michael Minahen,45, acquired the nickname during a previous trail in which prosecutors called attension to the "dull methodoiogy" and "unremarkable style" of Minahen's holdups,which rely heavily on the hackneyed technique of handing a note to the bank tell.Minahen was rearrested this week after he fell out of a first-floor motel window and injured himself."We knew who he was right away," said Inspector Dan Gardner.

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The Alaskan malamute sled dog is strong and heavily coated. It was developed as a breed by a group of Eskimos named the Malemiuts.