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8872. Fact
The pet ferret was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.
8873. Fact
Soldiers disease' is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
8874. Fact
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
8875. Fact
Shipwreck Kelly (1885-1952) set many flagpole-sitting records. He sat for 49 days on one flagpole. He once estimated that he spent a total of over 20,000 hours sitting on flagpoles. Flagpole sitting was a craze started in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1929.
8876. Fact
Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V
8879. Fact
Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in the world
8880. Fact
The first Ford cars used Dodge engines.
8881. Fact
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night
8882. Fact
The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia.
8883. Fact
Detroit, Michigan has more registered bowlers than any other city in the USA
8885. Fact
Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
8886. Fact
World s heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs.
8887. Fact
500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris
8888. Fact
Kit Kat chocolate bar was introduced to the market in 1935
8889. Fact
In Johannesburg, the average car will be involved in an accident once every four years.
8890. Fact
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do
8891. Fact
Freshens the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang one in the closet.
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