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- The Alaska Highway, built as a military road beginning in the 1940s, is the only road connecting Alaska with the contiguous United States.

- In the 1930s President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration stole the gold of United State's citizens and made owning it illegal (with certain exceptions). It was not legal again until 1972.

- U.S. Route 66, officially opened on November 11, 1926, ran from Chicago to Los Angeles through 8 states (Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California) and 3 time zones for a total distance of 2347 miles(3755 km). It was the primary east-west route before the Interstate Highway system was built.

- In some parts of Antarctica the ice is over 10,500 feet thick (3,200 meters).

- The term "aromatherapy" was coined by French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé in the 1920's. It describes the practice of using essential oils from plants, flowers, roots, seeds, etc., in healing.

- The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.

- Recent research indicates that when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt, but women tend to desire chocolate.

- The phenylethylamine (PEA) found naturally in chocolate is said to stimulate the same reaction in the brain as falling in love.