The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'.

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