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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.

3727. Fact
Iron weighs more after it rusts.

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.

3731. Fact
Four billion pounds of watermelon were grown in the United States in 1999

3732. Fact
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".

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