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4064. Fact
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay.

4065. Fact
Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

4066. Fact
The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

4067. Fact
There are six U.S. Presidents with the first name James: Madison, Monroe, Garfield, Buchanon, Carter, Polk.

4068. Fact
In Canada it's illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.

4069. Fact
The electric chair was invented by a dentist

4070. Fact
The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

4071. Fact
The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot

4072. Fact
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

4073. Fact
The Stanley Cup came from the Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley. Stanley was a fan of hockey and presented a trophy to the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The amateur HNA would later become to NHL in 1917.

4074. Fact
Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining

4075. Fact
On November 29, 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

4076. Fact
Lee De Forest, the inventor of the radio tube, was tried for fraud in 1913. He was accused of tricking the public into buying stocks in his company, the Radio Telephone Company, by making absurd and deliberately misleading claims about the possibility of transmitting the human voice across the Atlantic Ocean.

4077. Fact
Prague consumes 3 times more beer than all the soft drinks combined.

4078. Fact
In the United States, every year about 15 people die from dog bites

4079. Fact
The only difference between brown eyes and every other colored eyes is that brown eyes have more pigment.

4080. Fact
For the 66% of American's who admit to reading in the bathroom, the preferred reading material is Reader's Digest.

4081. Fact
Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

4082. Fact
The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe

4083. Fact
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

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