In February 1878, the first telephone book was published in New Haven, Connecticut. The book was one page long and had fifty names in it.

The papaya tree is known as "the medicinal tree" in some cultures because it's seeds and leaves have been used as ingredients in different medicines.

Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, most of it paper.

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