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10369. Fact
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of it's surface tension.
10370. Fact
Stag beetles have stronger mandibles than humans.
10371. Fact
The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose
10372. Fact
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America (not China), in 1918, by Charles Jung
10373. Fact
It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.
10374. Fact
Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first ever college football game. At the time, a touchdown was worth only two points.
10375. Fact
Roosters have to extend their necks in order to crow
10376. Fact
The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet
10377. Fact
Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas
10378. Fact
Pregnant female polar bears will not eat for several months while resting in her den under the snow.
10379. Fact
Orca (killer) whales can grow to 30ft long.
10380. Fact
There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
10381. Fact
In 1972, a gorilla by the name of Koko was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words
10382. Fact
On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand 1 and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
10383. Fact
In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet
10384. Fact
Some baby giraffes are more than six feet tall at birth.
10385. Fact
Steve Young, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, is the great-great-grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young.
10387. Fact
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps.
10388. Fact
Nearly 50% of the world s scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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