Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday." This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year.

In the movie "Gandhi" 300,000 extras appeared in the funeral scene. Of the 300,000, approximately 100,000 received a small fee, and the other 200,000 did it for free.

The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.

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