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3479. Fact
The first recipe for a lasagna type dish was found to be from a British cookbook in the 14th century. Therefore, Italians were not the first ones to come up with the popular dish as believed
3480. Fact
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
3481. Fact
Mexico City is the oldest capital city in the Americas.
3482. Fact
Until the 1870s, baseball was played without the use of gloves.
3483. Fact
In 1670, Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the first American coffee trader.
3484. Fact
The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
3485. Fact
A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
3486. Fact
The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
3487. Fact
Alfred Kinsey's studies have shown that 92% of men and 62% of women have masturbated during their lifespan.
3488. Fact
In 1976, the first eight Jelly Belly regular flavors were launched: Orange, Green Apple, Root Beer, Very Cherry, Lemon, Cream Soda, Grape, and Licorice.
3490. Fact
If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers
3491. Fact
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
3492. Fact
If it were removed from the body, the small intestine would stretch to a length of 22 feet.
3494. Fact
A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
3495. Fact
The regular garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
3496. Fact
Pomology is the science of growing an apple
3497. Fact
All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
3498. Fact
Blue Jays can imitate the calls of hawks
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The winner of a fly-swatting contest in 1912 killed 543,360 flies, weighing a total of 96 kilograms (212 pounds).
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