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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.

8318. Animal Facts
A female German cockroach can produce 500,000 young in a year.

8319. Fact
For the blockbuster movie The Terminator, O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers did not choose him as they thought he would not be taken seriously

8320. Fact
During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles

8321. Fact
General Robert E. Lee was not a slaveholder and never believed in slavery. He never believed in secession from the United States and strongly condemned it. He decided to lead the armies of the South because he wanted nothing to happen to his beloved Virginia.

8322. Fact
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark

8323. Fact
When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country Little Venice, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela

8324. Animal Facts
The queen naked mole rat is the only one to have babies. She keeps the others sterile (incapable of having babies) using a special chemical in her urine.

8325. Fact
A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years

8326. Fact
Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.

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