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1872. Fact
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.

1873. Fact
Levi Strauss didn’t call them jeans. He called them “waist overalls”.

1874. Fact
Li Hung-chang is the father of Chop Suey

1875. Fact
Life on Earth dates back 3.8 billion years.

1876. Fact
Lightning strikes somewhere about 6,000 times per second on Earth.

1877. Fact
Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!

1878. Fact
Linen is actually stronger when wet.

1879. Fact
Linen, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, sheep gut.

1880. Fact
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of 'Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom.'

1881. Fact
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Pornciuncula.

1882. Fact
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

1883. Fact
Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).

1884. Fact
Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

1885. Fact
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.

1886. Fact
Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida!

1887. Fact
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

1888. Fact
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

1889. Fact
Makes sense: Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.

1890. Fact
Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.

1891. Body Facts
It can take up to two days for food to pass through your body from going in your mouth to coming out your bottom.

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