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3904. Fact
JFK's golf clubs sold for $772,500 at a 1996 auction. The buyer was Arnold Schwarzenegger.
3905. Fact
Catfish from the Nile River swim upside-down.
3906. Fact
In France, the Big Dipper is called the casserole.
3907. Fact
In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year
3908. Fact
The first scheduled airplane passenger service in the world was between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., in 1914.
3909. Fact
In 1985, Pete Rose became the first professional athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box.
3910. Fact
It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
3912. Fact
All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
3913. Fact
Harthahorne City Ordinance, Section 363, states that it shall be unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
3914. Fact
Pollsters say that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.
3915. Fact
Assuming that all the offspring survived, 190,000,000,000,000,000,000 flies could be produced in four months by the offspring of a single pair of flies.
3916. Fact
Rice is the staple food of more than one-half of the world's population.
3917. Fact
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water
3918. Fact
Mad About You star Paul Reiser plays the piano on the show's theme song.
3919. Fact
The U.S. eastern seaboard consumes almost 50% of all ice cream sandwiches.
3920. Fact
The
"save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
3921. Fact
The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height
3922. Fact
The fur of the binturong, also known as the Asian Bear Cat, smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail
3923. Fact
The sun is about three million miles closer to the earth on January 1st than it is on June 1st.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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