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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.
6507. Fact
In 1987 Playtex premiered the first US TV commercials with real lingerie models displaying their bras and underwear on national television.
6508. Fact
At its center, the sun has a density of over a hundred times that of water, and a temperature of 10-20 million degrees Celsius.
6509. Fact
Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world
6510. Fact
Pablo Picasso almost died at birth. The midwife present though he was stillborn and left him on the table. His father, a physician, revived Pablo by breathing air into his lungs.
6511. Fact
On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
6512. Fact
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night
6514. Fact
In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a customer's face.
6515. Fact
The song Strawberry Fields Forever sung by the Beatles refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool
6516. Fact
Australia has no native monkeys. (in the wild)
6517. Fact
The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly.
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The average cow produces about 2,305 gallons of milk each year
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