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4772. Fact
French artist, Michel Vienkot, uses cow dung as paint when he creates his pictures

4773. Fact
Eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

4774. Fact
Coca-Cola's 'Super Pure'Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water.

4775. Fact
7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

4776. Fact
The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'.

4777. Fact
If an identical twin grows up without having a certain tooth, the other twin will most likely also grow up with that tooth missing

4778. Fact
The Pacific Ocean was named by Magellen because it was calmer than the Atlantic.

4779. Fact
80% of men and 54% of women feel it's OK to have a one-night stand.

4780. Fact
German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

4781. Fact
The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or corpse flower. They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.

4782. Fact
The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916

4783. Animal Facts
If a lizard loses its tail, it can grow a new one.

4784. Fact
Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.

4785. Fact
The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling

4786. Fact
New York City's nickname the Big Apple is named after an early swing-dance that originated in a South Carolina club (which used to be a church) called The Big Apple.

4787. Fact
Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate.

4788. Fact
An owl cannot move it's eyeballs in its eye sockets.

4789. Fact
During World War II, the British Intelligence used the Colossus Machines (precursor to computers) at Bletchley Park to help decode the enigma code of the Nazis.

4790. Fact
George Washington's teeth were actually: carved from animal tusks, some of them were also somebody else's teeth, and some of them were from animals like deer and cales.

4791. Fact
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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