In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.

• The Trans-Canada Highway is the world’s longest national highway at 6,699 miles.
• The people of the United Kingdom eat more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.
• The U.S. has 300 different types of fast-food chains.
• The U.S. Mint’s first production in 1793 consisted of 11,178 copper cents. Today the Mint produces an average of 14.7 million coins per day.
• The word “Mrs.” cannot be written in full.
• The world’s most valuable comic is Action Comics #1, which introduced Superman. The cover price was 10 cents; the present value for a copy of that issue in mint condition is $600,000.
• The world’s largest democracy is India with 620 million voters.

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