The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for five hours.

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