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3252. Fact
Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't .
3253. Fact
A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
3254. Fact
In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
3255. Fact
Over it's lifetime a shark will loose as many as 50,000 teeth.
3256. Fact
When Leonardo Da Vinci was young he drew a picture of a horrible monster and placed near a window in order to surprise his father. Upon seeing the picture his father believed it to be real and set out to protect his family until the boy showed him it was just a picture. Da Vinci's father then enrolled his son in an art class.
3257. Fact
If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute.
3258. Fact
Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario
3259. Fact
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment.
3260. Fact
An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
3261. Fact
The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the Brannock device.
3262. Fact
Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death.
3263. Fact
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
3264. Fact
Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.
3265. Fact
In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.
3266. Fact
All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930.
3267. Fact
The Honda Accord has the highest stolen rate in the US according to NCIB.
3268. Fact
The earth is not perfectly round. Technically, it's a triaxial ellipsoid, which is to say that it's nearly spherical, but flattened at the top and bottom.
3269. Fact
In the United States only 80 miles separate the highest point of land and the lowest point in the lower 48 states. Mount Whitney on the eastern border of Sequoia National Park in California is 14,496 feet high, and a pool called Badwater in Death Valley is 280 feet below sea level.
3270. Fact
The shallowest sea is the sea of Azov. It is 13 meters at its deepest.
3271. Fact
It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minnesota.
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John Wayne's real name was Marion Michael Morrison.
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