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Believe it or no, half of all the master's degrees people earn in the U.S. are in business or education.

Believe it or no, the largest uninhabited island on Earth is Devon Island in northern Canada. No one can live there because of the climate . . . but scientists can use it to simulate Mars. So its nickname is "Mars on Earth."

Believe it or no, about 25% of the hazelnuts in the world are used to make Nutella.

Of all the circulating U.S. currency in the world, about 80% is in $100 bills.

There's only one state capital that doesn't share any letters with the state it's the capital of: Pierre, South Dakota.

Believe it or no, elephants grow six different sets of teeth in their lives. Once the sixth ones fall out, they die of starvation.

Believe it or no, 'N Sync nearly had a cameo in Attack of the Clones. Boy band 'N Sync made a cameo in Attack of the Clones at the request of George Lucas' daughter. They were edited out of the final cut.

There's a city in Alaska called Diomede that's just 2.4 miles away from Russia. It’s not actually on mainland Alaska but is a tiny settlement on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straight. Population was just 93 in 2019.

Believe it or no, "Ping pong" is actually trademarked by Parker Brothers. The generic term you're supposed to use for the game is table tennis.

Nike's "Just Do It" slogan is based on a murderer's last words. Gary Gilmore killed two people in Utah and got the death penalty in 1976 . . . for his last words, he said, "Let's do it."

Believe it or no, if you took all the cardboard that Amazon uses for shipping boxes in a year, it could cover the entire U.S. around two-and-a-half times.

Believe it or no, Saddam Hussein used Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" as his campaign re-election song in 2002.