1037. Fact

More than 8,000 nonfunctioning satellites are circling around the earth.

1038. Fact

In 1988, a poodle fell from a high-rise building in buenos aires and killed three people. One got the poodle on his head, a bus hit the other and the third had a heart attack, watching it all.

1039. Fact

Bill wyman, former bass guitarist for the rolling stones, dated mandy smith, whom he later married, when she was only thirteen. Seven years later stephen, wyman's son, married mandy's mother. This makes stephen a stepfather to his own stepmother.

1040. Fact

1 in 10 Americans don't know that the Sun is a star.

1041. Fact

1/3 of all Americans flush the toilet while still on it

1042. Fact

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.

1043. Fact

10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.

1044. Fact

10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

1045. Fact

10% of Star Trek fans replace the lenses on their glasses every 5 years whether they need to or not.

1046. Fact

10% of StarTrek fans replace the lenses on their glasses every 5 years whether they need to or not.

1047. Fact

10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item.

1048. Body Facts

An Indian man known as Snake Manu can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.

1049. Fact

14% of us eat the watermelon seeds.

1050. Fact

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

1051. Fact

15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.

1052. Fact

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.

1053. Fact

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S!

1054. Fact

2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.

1055. Fact

2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day

1056. Fact

2/3 of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

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