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5679. Fact
Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to.

5680. Fact
A jellyfish is 95 percent water, and humans are about 70% water.

5681. Fact
The Great Lakes have a combined area of 94,230 square miles larger than the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont combined.

5682. Fact
Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa.

5683. Fact
Peanuts are beans.

5684. Fact
Astronauts cannot burp in space.

5685. Fact
The Mexican Hat Dance is the official dance of Mexico

5686. Fact
Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts

5687. Animal Facts
A hissing cockroach makes a noise by squeezing air out of tiny holes in its body segments.The sound can be heard 3.7 metres (12 feet) away.

5688. Fact
In 1894 there were only 4 automobiles in the US.

5689. Fact
The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate

5690. Fact
315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

5691. Fact
Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph

5692. Fact
Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character

5693. Fact
It is illegal to say Oh, Boy in Jonesboro, Georgia.

5694. Fact
In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

5695. Fact
During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back

5696. Fact
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

5697. Fact
The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

5698. Animal Facts
A maggot doesn't have teeth – it oozes a kind of spit called ferment onto its food. This dissolves the food, and the maggot then sucks it up.

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