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1356. Fact
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

1357. Fact
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.

1358. Fact
Back in the mid-80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

1359. Fact
Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

1360. Fact
Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

1361. Fact
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

1362. Fact
Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

1363. Body Facts
The women of the Karen tribe in Thailand traditionally wear masses of metal bands around their necks. The first bands are added on a girl's fifth birthday, and more are added every few months. If the bands are removed, the woman's weakened neck can't support her head. Removing the bands became an effective punishment.

1364. Fact
Based on what we know and can reasonably imagine, there is no chance of any human travelling beyond the edge of our solar system, ever. It is just too far.

1365. Fact
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

1366. Fact
Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.

1367. Fact
Bats use ultrasounds to pick up vibrations from their prey.

1368. Fact
Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953

1369. Fact
Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air.

1370. Fact
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.

1371. Body Facts
Queen Isabella of Spain boasted that she only took two baths in her whole-life – one when she was born, and one before her wedding.

1372. Fact
Before 1933, the dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less.

1373. Fact
Before 1941, fingerprints were not accepted as evidence in court.

1374. Fact
Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

1375. Fact
Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed.

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