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6956. Fact
There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.

6957. Fact
A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon

6958. Fact
Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902.

6959. Fact
Bananas are actually herbs. Bananas die after fruiting, like all herbs do.

6960. Fact
The side of a hammer is a cheek.

6961. Fact
Rhythms is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

6962. Animal Facts
When a large batch of mosquito eggs hatches all at once, the babies might all attack the same unfortunate animal wandering past. They can suck it dry and kill it, if it's a small animal and there are enough mosquitoes.

6963. Fact
The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846

6964. Fact
Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers

6965. Fact
The first anti-lynching law in the United States was passed in Georgia in 1893, but it only made the violation punishable by four years in prison.

6966. Fact
Back passage is slang for the anus or rectum.

6967. Fact
The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland

6968. Fact
The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

6969. Fact
The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed

6970. Fact
More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States

6971. Fact
No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

6972. Fact
The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams

6973. Fact
Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke

6974. Fact
The ruby red slippers in the movie The Wizard of Oz were sold off at an auction for $660,000

6975. Fact
On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year

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