3207. Fact

Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937.

3208. Fact

In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios

3209. Fact

Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin

3210. Fact

Over 5 million people in Brazil are employed by the coffee trade. Most of those are involved with the cultivation and harvesting of more than 3 billion coffee plants.

3211. Fact

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

3212. Fact

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures.

3213. Fact

Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day.

3214. Fact

The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet high.

3215. Fact

Zipporah was the wife of Moses.

3216. Fact

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

3217. Fact

The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.

3218. Fact

Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.

3219. Fact

The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years

3220. Fact

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet

3221. Fact

The maximum length allowed for a baseball bat in the major leagues is 42 inches.

3222. Fact

Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.

3223. Fact

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935

3224. Fact

A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

3225. Fact

The word honcho comes from a Japanese word meaning squad leader and first came into usage in the English language during the American occupation of Japan following World War II.

3226. Fact

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites

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