Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, and Zabriskie Point, the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart.

In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles.

There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show "Sesame Street" that is HIV-positive.

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