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10319. Fact
The USSR set off the largest nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the Hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over the Novaya Zemla Islands, October 30 1961.
10320. Fact
The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan
10321. Fact
The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour
10323. Fact
Italians do not drink espresso during meals. It is considered to be a separate event and is given its own time.
10324. Fact
On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.
10325. Fact
Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it
10326. Fact
Women say that the part of a man's body that they admire the most is his buttocks.
10327. Fact
A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
10328. Fact
An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime
10329. Fact
Some of the other names that were thought of for the dwarfs in the Disney movie Snow White were Awful, Dirty, Shifty, Hotsy, and Jumpy
10330. Fact
The Himalayas are the fastest growing mountains in the world. Already the tallest, the mountain range is growing at a rate of about a half an inch each year.
10331. Fact
The United States produces 3,145,892,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year. That's over three times the amount of the second-highest producing country, Russia.
10332. Fact
Ovaltine was originally called Ovamaltine. A clerical error forced the name to be changed when the manufacturer registered the name.
10333. Fact
Eggplant is a member of the thistle family.
10335. Fact
The six most dangerous occupations in America are; football player, firefighter, race-car driver, astronaut, police officer, and fisherman.
10336. Fact
Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father
10337. Fact
Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped
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The water in the Great Salt Lake of Utah is more than four times as salty as any ocean.
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