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3550. Fact
In a year, your heart can beat up to 40,000,000 times.
3551. Fact
The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07.
3552. Fact
Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup soccer tournament.
3553. Fact
Painting a house yellow or having a yellow trim helps in selling a house faster
3554. Fact
Though it goes to 10, 9 is estimated to be the point of total tectonic destruction from an earthquake (2 is the smallest that can be felt unaided.)
3555. Fact
Scientists have discovered that the longer the ring finger is in boys the less chance they have of having a heart attack
3556. Fact
Before its name was changed, the African Penguin used be called the Jackass Penguin because of its donkey-like braying call
3559. Fact
In Halethrope, Maryland kisses longer than one second are illegal.
3560. Fact
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
3561. Fact
A bee could travel 4 million miles (6.5 million km) at 7 mph (11 km/h) on the energy it would obtain from 1 gallon (3.785 liters) of nectar.
3562. Fact
The city of Nottingham in England was the first city to have Braille signs (signs for the blind) in its shopping malls for the blind
3563. Fact
Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie Chicago. Richard Gere ended up playing the role
3564. Fact
In Memphis, Tennessee it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself. A man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists.
3565. Fact
The name cranberry comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called crane berry. The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be cranberry.
3566. Fact
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
3567. Fact
A McDonald's straw will hold 7.7 ml, or just over one-and-a-half teaspoons of whatever you are drinking.
3568. Fact
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
3569. Fact
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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Of the 3,000 islands in the Bahama chain in the Caribbean, only 20 are inhabited.
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