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6436. Fact
The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour

6437. Fact
A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping

6438. Fact
Everyday, 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide

6439. Fact
The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years

6440. Fact
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons

6441. Fact
Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort

6442. Fact
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.

6443. Fact
The United States Treasury Department maintains a fund known as The Conscience Fund, which accepts money sent in anonymously by taxpayers who think they've cheated the government. The money is used for miscellaneous expenses.

6444. Fact
Most caucasian babies are born with dark blue eyes, although it normally changes color after child birth.

6445. Fact
In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.

6446. Fact
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.

6447. Animal Facts
A spider that isn't hungry will wrap up extra bugs in its web to keep for later.

6448. Fact
Author Robert May considered the names of Reginald and Rollo before he settled on Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.

6449. Fact
In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency because of the shortage of coins

6450. Fact
There is cyanide in apple pips

6451. Fact
The Civil War in the United States elevated the popularity of coffee to new heights. Soldiers went to war with coffee beans as a primary ration.

6452. Fact
False Bay, on the southern tip of Africa and close to Cape Town, South Africa, is a breeding ground for great white sharks, which feed off the thousands of seals in the bay. However, it is the only area in the known world in which these sharks are known to breach - they attack the seals by coming up vertically, often leaping clear of the water with their prey in their mouths

6453. Fact
Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

6454. Fact
Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

6455. Fact
850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter

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