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3768. Fact
Ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.

3769. Fact
Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991. And, rightfully so

3770. Fact
It's been estimated that one out of every two hundred women is born with an extra nipple.

3771. Fact
From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas

3772. Fact
The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was Mary Kay and Johnny.

3773. Fact
Eddie Cochran's last recording before he died was Three Steps to Heaven.

3774. Fact
Cotton candy's original name was fairy fluff.

3775. Fact
Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918.

3776. Fact
The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday

3777. Fact
Male horseflies can fly over 90mph.

3778. Fact
Since its introduction in February 1935, more than two hundred million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide

3779. Fact
France is known as the perfume capital of the world

3780. Fact
Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918

3781. Fact
As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. Therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.

3782. Fact
The brightest star in history was the supernova of 1054, which formed the Crab Nebula. It was brighter than Venus and bright enough to be seen in daylight and to cast a shadow at night. We know about it through the astronomic records of China and Japan.

3783. Fact
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.

3784. Fact
The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.

3785. Fact
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

3786. Fact
Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva

3787. Fact
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

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