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By Samantha Weaver

+ With April 15 right around the corner, you might want to note that Matthew is the patron saint of tax collectors.

+ It's well-known that noted American poet Emily Dickinson was a recluse, but she had some other quirks of personality that aren't as commonly known. For example, she sometimes wrote verse on chocolate wrappers.

+ Early car windshields were very dangerous because they would break into tooth-like radial shards around the neck of accident victims being ejected through them, often causing fatal lacerations or even decapitations.

+ You might not be surprised to learn that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, also invented the hearing aid.

+ If you spend one year on the planet Mars, you'll actually be there for 687 Earth days.
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