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8298. Fact
Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets. Although it has a circumference of 280,000 miles compared with Earth's 25,000 Jupiter manages to make one turn in 9 hours and 55 minutes.

8299. Fact
Proctor & Gamble originally manufactured candles before moving on to soap.

8300. Fact
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath

8301. Fact
Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons.

8302. Fact
On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

8303. Animal Facts
Crocodiles can't bite and chew. Instead, they hold their prey under water to drown it, then twist their bodies around to tear chunks off the victim.

8304. Fact
Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper

8305. Fact
85% of weddings are held in a synagogue or church

8306. Fact
The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water

8307. Fact
The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.

8308. Fact
The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days

8309. Fact
There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females

8310. Fact
According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year

8311. Fact
The fastest moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.

8312. Fact
There are five years in a quinquennium

8313. Fact
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

8314. Fact
The study of ants is called Myrmecology

8315. Fact
Americans drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a half pounds of coffee every year.

8316. Fact
A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers

8317. Fact
Harvard University's original name was Cambridge. It only changed when John Harvard donated 400 books to the school.

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