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4487. Fact
Ten radishes only contain eight calories
4488. Fact
The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles
4489. Fact
The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare
4490. Fact
In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter.
4491. Fact
The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over 50 mini-vans on their back
4492. Fact
Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt only by smell.
4493. Fact
Patagonia at the southern tip of South America is the only populated land area south of 40 degrees South Latitude. By comparison, most of Europe, Asia, and two-thirds of North America are north of 40 degrees North Latitude.
4494. Fact
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word criminal. William Jefferson Clinton is the second.
4495. Fact
The patron saint of dentists is St. Apollonia. She reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 AD by an anti-Christian mob.
4496. Fact
An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface
4497. Fact
1 in every 3 people in the country of Israel use a cell phone.
4498. Fact
It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun
4499. Fact
Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold.
4500. Fact
On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth
4501. Fact
'Jedi'is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
4502. Fact
In 1915, Winston Churchill fought in the front line trenches before he became the Minister of Munitions.
4503. Fact
There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem
4504. Fact
Some people have more bones in their feet than others.
4505. Fact
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
4506. Fact
India has the most post offices of any country with 280,181.
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The first perfect game in baseball history was achieved by John Lee Richmond on June 12, 1880.
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