Trivia and Amazing Facts 05-05-08

• Ninety eight per cent of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.

• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

• Maine is the only state in the United States whose name is just one syllable.

• Anthropologists believe stones were one of man's first calculating devices, aiding in addition and subtraction throughout primitive times. In fact, the word "calculus" is derived from the Latin for "stone."

• The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.

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