Top 10 Facts - 17
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
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A typical athlete's heart churns out 25 to 30 litres (up to 8 gallons) of blood per minute.
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The month of July is named in honor of Julius Caesar.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The world's largest coins, in size and standard value, were copper plates used in Alaska around 1850. They were about a metre (3 ft) long, half-a-metre (about 2 ft) wide, weighed 40 kg (90 lb), and were worth $2,500.
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