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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
6976. Fact
The origin of right-handed buttons on men's shirts stems from battles where they wore armor. With most men being right handed the armor needed to overlap so that a sword could not enter through the gap during a right-handed blow from an adversary.
6977. Fact
There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart
6978. Fact
The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.
6979. Fact
Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery
6980. Fact
The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia
6981. Fact
Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes
6982. Fact
The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics
6983. Fact
David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
6984. Fact
The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
6985. Fact
In 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined together to become Tanzania.
6986. Fact
Between 1991 and 1996, India produced the most movies per year on average. The 851 movies per year beat the yearly average of the United States (569) by 282 for the same time frame.
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A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes. (and he is getting fed up of it)
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