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6523. Fact
False eyelashes were invented by film director D.W. Griffith while he was making the 1916 epic, Intolerance. He wanted actress Seena Owen to have lashes that brushed her cheeks.
6524. Fact
The act of snapping your fingers has a name: fillip.
6525. Fact
The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people
6526. Fact
In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated
6527. Fact
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category
6528. Fact
Atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of the water
6529. Fact
Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
6530. Fact
The olive branch in the eagle's right talon has 13 leaves.
6531. Fact
On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
6532. Fact
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases
6533. Fact
In 1975, it cost only $180,000 to produce an hour-long TV drama.
6534. Fact
Running cold water over the onion and the knife will keep you from crying when you cut it, because water neutralizes the chemical that makes you cry.
6535. Fact
The average male loses his virginity at age 16, while the average female loses her virginity at age 17.
6536. Fact
The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965
6537. Fact
It is possible to lead a cow up stairs, but not down.
6538. Fact
When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it was meant to replace the activity of smoking
6539. Fact
Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico
6540. Fact
The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.
6541. Fact
In North Andover, Massachusetts citizens are prohibitied from carrying 'space guns.'
6542. Fact
The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter X, they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas
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You can see stars from the bottom of a well even in day light.
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