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4650. Fact
In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view.

4651. Fact
One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people

4652. Fact
Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC.

4653. Fact
"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.

4654. Fact
There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses

4655. Fact
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order

4656. Fact
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the most common job in the United States in the 1890s was a farmer. Today, it' a salesman.

4657. Animal Facts
An elephant produces 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of faeces every day.

4658. Fact
Bees and dogs can smell fear.

4659. Fact
In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married

4660. Fact
A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.

4661. Animal Facts
When a viper fish wants to eat a large meal, it moves all its internal organs towards its tail to make more room inside it for food.

4662. Fact
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

4663. Fact
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

4664. Fact
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum

4665. Fact
The name for the middle part of the nose (the part that separates the nostrils) is called a chaffanue.

4666. Fact
Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

4667. Fact
February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis

4668. Fact
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

4669. Fact
Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)

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An omelette costing $1000 (£530) and called the Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata was sold by a restaurant in New York. It contains a whole lobster and 280 grams (10 ounces) of caviar, as well as eggs, cream, potato and whiskey.      .. More >>
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