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Officials believe that at least a thousand people were killed in the earthquake, but the actual number is not known.

Twenty-four thousand people claim Ainu ancestry in Japan today.

For the film "The Little Mermaid," one thousand different colors were used on 1,100 backgrounds.

It is difficult to determine if temperature changes over the last fifty years are due to pollution or simply to normal variations in climate which could only be recognized if we were able to study records for the last ten thousand years.

Every second of every day of the year, Americans buy an average of 80 cans of Campbell's Soups, which computes to over 290 thousand items per hour.

A Japanese proverb reminds us that the reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

A Chinese proverb observes that married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

Five thousand years ago, the Egyptians invented a crude form of toothpaste, using a mixture of wine and pumice.

George Bernard Shaw was once invited to a gala vegetarian dinner, but he refused saying, "The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

" crush A Chinese proverb tells us, "Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.

" There is a Japanese proverb which observes that when ten thousand soldiers lie rotting, the general's reputation is enhanced.

Based on the equity I have built up over the years, my bank will allow me to borrow fifty thousand dollars for that luxury yacht I have always dreamed of.

The painting is expected to fetch between three and four hundred thousand pounds.

A thousand years ago, the people of Denmark were fierce Vikings who sailed the world in their long ships.

They found some fragments of pottery believed to be over a thousand years old at the site.

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