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6487. Fact
A Horse has 18 more bones than a Human.

6488. Fact
In terms of area, Juneau, Alaska, is the largest city in the United States, yet it can only be reached by boat or plane.

6489. Animal Facts
There are 3,500 known species of cockroach. Are there others out there? – we just don't know yet…

6490. Fact
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word criminal. The second? William Jefferson Clinton

6491. Fact
The highest toll paid by a ship to cross the Panama Canal was by the Crown Princess on May 2, 1993 in the amount of $141,349.97 U.S. funds

6492. Fact
In early Yorkshire, England, a plate holding wedding cake was thrown out of the window as the bride returned to her parent's home after the wedding. If the plate broke, she would enjoy a happy future with her husband. If the plate remained intact, her future was bleak.

6493. Fact
The markings that are found on dice are called pips.

6494. Fact
Prevents thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce to eliminate the static cling on the thread before sewing.

6495. Fact
Incas used to create pots in the shape of peanuts that were highly prized

6496. Fact
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth.

6497. Fact
One million tons of oil is equivalent to about 13,000,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.

6498. Fact
The Tranquilizer, Valium (sleeping piles) is the most widely used drug on earth.

6499. Fact
The town with the most stop signs per capita than any other in the US: LaConner, Washington

6500. Fact
There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes

6501. Fact
Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.

6502. Fact
The principality of Monaco consists of only 370 acres.

6503. Fact
Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

6504. Fact
Crabs have very small hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to help detect water currents and vibrations

6505. Fact
In 1960, an estimated 4,000 people were over 100 years old in the U.S. By 1995 the number had jumped to : 55,000.

6506. Fact
The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is The Jefferson National Expansion Monument. The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.

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