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    Fast Facts

    Worcestershire sauce is basically anchovy ketchup, minus the tomatoes.

    For a deck of cards to be mixed up enough to play properly, it should be shuffled at least seven times.

    Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish-speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “”go hang yourself.””

    In 1981, a man had a heart attack after playing the game Berserk – video gaming’s first known fatality.

    There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

    Whenever the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers say the sale of toys also rises.

    In the 1985 Boise, Idaho, mayoral elections, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.

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