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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.
3070. Fact
It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.
3071. Fact
President George W. Bush is related to all other U.S. Presidents.
3072. Fact
Mark Twain was the first to have written a novel [Tom Sawyer] on a typewriter.
3073. Fact
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Regan.
3074. Fact
If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
3075. Fact
Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.
3076. Fact
The 1st US zoo was built in Philadelphia, PA, in 1876.
3077. Fact
The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey.
3078. Fact
Dana Carvey changed his name to Tom for 2 weeks because he thought Dana was a girl's name.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
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