The deepest place in the ocean is about seven miles deep.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

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