3409. Fact

Over 600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic

3410. Fact

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres

3411. Fact

At the end of WWII the Germans had more planes than the start of the war.

3412. Fact

If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

3413. Fact

Baby whales grow at an average rate of 10lbs per hour.

3414. Fact

Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out

3415. Fact

Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it

3416. Fact

According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.

3417. Fact

One tonne of uranium produces the same amount of energy as 30,000 tonnes of coal.

3418. Fact

Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party

3419. Fact

In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.

3420. Fact

Of the 3,000 islands in the Bahama chain in the Caribbean, only 20 are inhabited.

3421. Fact

The turkey was once nominated to be the official bird of the United States

3422. Fact

A can of SPAM opened every four seconds.

3423. Fact

The music for The Star Spangled Banner comes from a British drinking song named Anacreon.

3424. Fact

The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.

3425. Fact

George Washington named Washington D.C. Federal City. It was changed to Washington D.C. after his death.

3426. Fact

Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks

3427. Fact

The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm

3428. Fact

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year.

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