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The University of San Francisco is a Jesuit school.  US News and World Reports has judged it the most diverse university in the country, an A+ school for B students and the best value of national schools in 2022.  

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There are roughly 10,000 species of birds in the world.  There have been only about 900 recorded sightings of individual species in the USA.

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Modern golf balls are made with between 250 and 500 dimples in the cover.  The dimples help them fly consistently true (so they say).  The most used balls by the tour pros are the Titleist ProV1 and ProV1x which have 352 and 328 dimples respectively.  

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The current population of Bethlehem is about 25,000; Nazareth about 78,000; and metro Jerusalem about 1,250,000.   The walking distance, 2,000 years ago, between Nazareth and Bethlehem was about 90 miles.  It was that same distance from Nazareth to Jerusalem.

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Only eight women are included during the Eucharistic prayer of the Catholic mass (the Roman Canon).  One, of course, is Mary the mother of Jesus.  The other seven are St. Felicity, St. Perpetua, St. Agatha, St. Agnus, St. Cecilia, St. Anastasia and St. Lucy. 

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