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The Shopping cart was invented in 1937 by Sylvan Goldman, owner of the Pigly Wigly supermarket.

It costs 2 cents to produce a penny, and 10 cents to produce a nickel.
There are 150 Billion pennys in circulation, stacked one on top of an other it would reach 60% to the moon.

The hair on average adult scalp grows 115 feet a day.

The active ingredient in most toothpastes is sodium fluoride, which can be lethal.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by removing 1 olive from each salad served in first class.

Scientists discovered that a side effect to having a high IQ is being a night owl, Which is associated with emotional instability, in addition, night owl's are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

Israel is only a sixth of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East.

Around the world there are 10,000 credit card transactions done every second.

The first credit card company was Diners Club and initially it was only accepted at 14 restauraunts.
Diners Club was started in 1950 after the founder Frank X. McNamara came up with the idea when one evening after dining at a restaurant he realized he had forgotten his wallet. Within 1 year Diners Club had more than 20,000 cardmembers.

For principled reasons, Hertz Israel does not have in it's fleet any German made cars.

Israeli stamps are certified Kosher.

Under the current numbering system for Interstate highways, odd numbers generally indicate a north-south route, and even numbers mean an east-west route.

The average annual salary for a lead pastor in a megachurch (2,000+ members) is about $155,000, and can sometimes reach $400,000.

Hitler's mother contemplated abortion, But her doctor convinced her out of it.
Adolph Hitler was named Time magazine's person of the year in 1938
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« Reply #360 on: May 07, 2013, 05:35:43 PM »
Did you know that the United States has the highest divorce rate of any other nation on the globe by a wide margin.
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« Reply #361 on: May 08, 2013, 03:59:07 AM »
Did you know that the United States has the highest divorce rate of any other nation on the globe by a wide margin.
I didn't know that, and neither did wikipedia's statistics. https://www.google.com/search?redir_esc=&redir_esc=&hl=en-US&client=ms-android-verizon&source=android-browser-suggest&v=210020210&qsubts=1367999588154&action=devloc&q=world%20divorce%20rates#itp=open5/
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Mount Sinai Hospital was originally called The Jews' Hospital.
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Mount Sinai Hospital was originally called The Jews' Hospital.
Called(officially) or nicknamed?

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Officially. As in their letter head would say Jews' Hospital
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Officially. As in their letter head would say Jews' Hospital
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Not sure whether that's cool or not cool
I guess it would depend who was saying it.
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Did you know that in Israel, the Haredi sector is the only sector which pays more in taxes than it takes in.
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« Reply #369 on: June 25, 2013, 10:53:06 AM »
Did you know that in Israel, the Haredi sector is the only sector which pays more in taxes than it takes in.
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« Reply #370 on: June 25, 2013, 11:08:01 AM »
joke? source?

Why would you think this is a joke? Are they the ones commiting all the violent crimes, hence the need for more police power?! Are they the ones gaining from all the money spent on universities, sports, culture etc; ?!
Unlike the secular, The Haredi schools are not even fully funded by the goverment.
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« Reply #371 on: June 25, 2013, 11:11:36 AM »
Did you know that in Israel, the Haredi sector is the only sector which pays more in taxes than it takes in.
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Why would you think this is a joke? Are they the ones commiting all the violent crimes, hence the need for more police power?! Are they the ones gaining from all the money spent on universities, sports, culture etc; ?!
Unlike the secular, The Haredi schools are not even fully funded by the goverment.
And the culture/universities leads to global recognition, tourism, industries trusting a country that has an infrastructure similar to the west.

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« Reply #373 on: June 25, 2013, 02:02:03 PM »
You are WAY oversimplifying this. And I'd have to say I can't agree because it is to complex for anyone to ever calculate.


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Such a stupid argument. Please enlighten me and show me the exact amount of money the charedim pay a year of taxes. Until you have that base figure this discussion is really dumb IMO.
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« Reply #376 on: June 25, 2013, 04:01:29 PM »
Such a stupid argument. Please enlighten me and show me the exact amount of money the charedim pay a year of taxes. Until you have that base figure this discussion is really dumb IMO.
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« Reply #377 on: June 25, 2013, 05:02:22 PM »
They actually do take a lot of money, police presence is very much needed for every protest which happens daily (thank you Mirer boys..) They have lots of children vs secular Israelis that have 2 kid and a dog. They do get money from the gov for schools, and unlike the secular Israelis they don't pay taxes because most don't work.
The money they get to help educate themselves in yeshiva never comes back to the economy, unlike the secular Israeli that use the education to get jobs that will help the economy.

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Did you know that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef holds that gelatin is muttar to eat?

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Did you know that Rabbi Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik zt’l and Rabbi Herschel Schachter permit one to brush their teeth on Shabbos with a wet toothbrush and toothpaste, and allow you wash the toothbrush after brushing?