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3711. Fact
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called Growing Up Skipper. Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
3712. Fact
Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.
3713. Fact
Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth
3714. Fact
In order to scare away predators, Giant petrels, a type of seabird, throw up all over the intruder
3715. Fact
Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.
3716. Fact
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
3717. Fact
Imperia, Italy is the home of the Agnesi Historical Museum of Spaghetti.
3718. Fact
A typist's fingers travel over 12 and a half miles in an average day.
3719. Fact
According to legend, there s a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
3720. Fact
The name for the sign & which represents the world and is ampersand
3721. Fact
The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
3722. Fact
Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
3723. Fact
Aztec emperor Montezuma had nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant plenty of excrement.
3724. Fact
Of the estimated 162 million land-based telephones in the U.S., 25 million have unlisted numbers.
3725. Fact
In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents
3726. Fact
Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
3728. Fact
Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.
3729. Fact
The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.
3730. Fact
A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
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Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax
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