1437. Fact

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

1438. Fact

Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.

1439. Fact

Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.

1440. Fact

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

1441. Fact

Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.

1442. Body Facts

You shed and regrow your skin roughly every 27 days, making a total of around 1,000 complete skins in a lifetime.A person who lives to 70 years of age will shed 47.6 kilograms (105 pounds) of skin.

1443. Fact

Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.

1444. Fact

China grows more pears than any other country in the world.

1445. Fact

China has more English speakers than the United States.

1446. Fact

Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.

1447. Fact

Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

1448. Fact

Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.

1449. Fact

City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.

1450. Fact

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong

1451. Fact

City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong.

1452. Fact

claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces

1453. Fact

Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

1454. Fact

Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.

1455. Fact

Cleveland spelled backwards is "DNA level C."

1456. Fact

Coca-cola used to use the slogan 'Good to the last drop', in 1908. This slogan was later used by Maxwell House.

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