Google receives more than 200 million search queries a day, more than half of which come from outside the United States. Peak traffic hours to google.com are between 6 a.m. and noon PST, when more than 2,000 search queries are answered a second.

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.

The most popular recipient of Valentine cards are school teachers.

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