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1253. Fact
Adults produce between 200mls - 2 litres of fart per day.

1254. Fact
After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million.

1255. Fact
agaraphobia is the fear of open spaces

1256. Fact
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

1257. Fact
Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

1258. Fact
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

1259. Body Facts
Girls who made matches in the 1800s often suffered from ‘phossy jaw' – their jaw bones would rot away, poisoned by the phosphorus used to make the matches.

1260. Fact
Alan Thicke, the father in the TV show Growing Pains wrote the theme songs for The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes .

1261. Fact
Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

1262. Fact
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.

1263. Fact
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

1264. Fact
Albert Einstien never wore any socks.

1265. Body Facts
In 1970, a thief was caught in Zurich, Switzerland, when a finger that had been cut off by broken glass at the crime scene was matched to his finger prints in police records.

1266. Fact
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

1267. Fact
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

1268. Fact
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. Penguins can change salt water into fresh water.

1269. Fact
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton

1270. Fact
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

1271. Body Facts
You go white when really scared because blood drains from your skin.This protected primitive humans from bleeding to death if bitten by scary, wild animals.

1272. Fact
All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

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