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2295. Fact
The bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep.

2296. Fact
The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.

2297. Fact
The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!

2298. Fact
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.

2299. Fact
The Battle of New Orleans, in which Andrew Jackson's U.S. forces routed "the bloody british", was fought on Janurary 8, 1815, two weeks after the War of 1812 was officially ended by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

2300. Fact
The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

2301. Fact
The best diamonds are colored blue-white.

2302. Fact
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.

2303. Fact
The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.

2304. Fact
The best working light-bulb a LONG time ago was a thread of sheep's wool coated with carbon

2305. Fact
The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.

2306. Fact
The billionth digit of pi is 9.

2307. Fact
The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!

2308. Fact
The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

2309. Fact
The buzz generated by an electric razor in America is in the key of B flat.

2310. Fact
The can opener was invented 48 years after the can was.

2311. Fact
The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.

2312. Fact
The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.

2313. Fact
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

2314. Fact
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".

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