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10050. Fact
The difference between apple juice and apple cider is that the juice is pasteurized and the cider is not.
10051. Fact
Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day.
10053. Fact
The magician's words hocus-pocus were taken from the name of a mythological sorcerer, Ochus Bochus, who appeared in Norse folktales and legends.
10054. Fact
Two normal kidneys contain 2 million tiny blood filters which filter 50 gallons of blood every day.
10055. Fact
The original Volkswagen Bug has finally stopped production. The last one rolled out in brazil on July 31st 2003. The car was introduced in 1946 and spent 57 years in production. There were more classic vw bugs produced then any other car ever (about 400 million).
10056. Fact
The more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air.
10057. Fact
Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999
10058. Fact
The best selling Crayola crayon box is the set of 24 crayons
10059. Fact
The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
10060. Fact
German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America
10061. Fact
The Pacific Ocean holds 46% of the world's water. The rest is divided up as followed: Atlantic Ocean 23.9%, Indian Ocean 20.3%, and the Arctic Ocean 3.7%.
10062. Fact
The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
10064. Fact
When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment
10066. Fact
Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season
10067. Fact
Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.
10068. Fact
The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
10069. Fact
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were Thomas Jefferson survives.
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Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring
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