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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

6456. Animal Facts
Every year, 4.5 million litres (1 million gallons) of dog urine goes into the parks of London, England.

6457. Fact
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them, burnt their houses down hence the expression to get fired.

6458. Fact
A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet

6459. Fact
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point inColorado.

6460. Fact
Pretzel that have no salt on them are called baldies.

6461. Fact
Cabbage is 91% water.

6462. Fact
The symbol on the 'pound'key (#) is called an octothorpe.

6463. Fact
The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart

6464. Fact
Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

6465. Fact
It takes 25 muscles to swallow.

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