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3051. Fact
Tea was so expensive when it was first brought to Europe in the early 17th century that it was kept in locked wooden boxes.

3052. Fact
To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow.

3053. Fact
Alligators can live for more than 100 years.

3054. Fact
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

3055. Fact
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20

3056. Fact
If a crocodile loses his teeth it will always grow new ones to replace them.

3057. Fact
The board game Scrabble was originally called Criss Cross Words by inventor Alfred Butts

3058. Fact
In Bexley, Ohio Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

3059. Fact
In Massachusetts, it is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

3060. Fact
A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

3061. Fact
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

3062. Fact
The word maverick came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick

3063. Fact
A hippopotamus can run faster than a man can.

3064. Fact
Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.

3065. Fact
A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

3066. Fact
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

3067. Fact
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.

3068. Fact
It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

3069. Fact
Dogs can hear sounds that you cant.

3070. Fact
It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.

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