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    On January 7, 1998, the New York Times personalized a crossword for Bill Gottlied as a means of asking Emily Mindel to marry him.

    In December 2000, the New Orleans Saints hired a voodoo priestess to get rid of a curse from having the Superdome on the site of an old cemetery.

    Hawaii is the state with the highest life expectancy while the lowest is Mississippi.

    A man’s sex drive hits its peak at 8 a.m.

    In a recent study 75 percent of college men answered yes when an attractive woman approached them and asked them to have sex. Of the 25 percent who declined, many asked for a rain check.

    There are 1.1 billion overweight people in the world.

    On May 1, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to climb Mt. Everest, aided by direction from the other climbers and bells attached to their jackets.

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