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.

3429. Fact

Cats can hear ultrasound.

3430. Fact

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air

3431. Fact

The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year

3432. Fact

If you had $10 billion in $1 bills and spent one every second, it would take 317 years to spend them all.

3433. Fact

Honeybees have hair on their eyes.

3434. Fact

The first Soccer World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and attracted 13 competing countries.

3435. Fact

People say that cracking your bones will cause arthritis when you get older. Actually all you are doing is popping air pockets, and does not cause arthritis.

3436. Fact

Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis

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