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

The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is.

There are over 1,800 known species of fleas.

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