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10253. Fact
The average snail moves at a rate of approximately 0.000362005 miles per hour.
10254. Fact
The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.
10256. Fact
The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the water displacing substance
10257. Fact
Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time
10258. Fact
When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers
10259. Fact
In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during high peak hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises
10260. Fact
The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas
10261. Fact
McDonald's Big Mac slogan, introduced in 1975, is: Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun.
10262. Fact
Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna
10263. Alloy
Alloy : bronze
Composition : cu (75 to 90%), sn (25 to 10%)
Use : for making coins, idols, utencils.
10264. Alloy
Alloy : brass
Composition : cu(60% to 80%), zn (40 to 20%)
Use : for making household utencils.
10265. Fact
In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate
10267. Fact
There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world
10268. Fact
It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach
10269. Fact
Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old
10270. Fact
It is illegal in Lafayette, Louisiana to play a musical instrument for the purpose of attracting attention, without a license.
10271. Fact
Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose
10272. Fact
Most of a hog's sweat glands are in its snout.
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The naked recreation and travel industry has grown by 233% in the past decade
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