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6650. Fact
Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years

6651. Fact
Buffalo wings, got their name because the spicy chicken wings originated in Buffalo, New York

6652. Fact
In one minute, the heart of a giraffe can pump 160 gallons of blood

6653. Animal Facts
The banded tenrec, a kind of hedgehog from Madagascar, sometimes eats so many worms, bugs and slugs that it makes itself sick.

6654. Fact
It is very common for babies in New Zealand to sleep on sheepskins. This is to help them gain weight faster, and retain their body heat

6655. Fact
The Zip Code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, New York.

6656. Fact
Damascus, Syria is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Civilization can be traced as far back as 2,000 B.C.

6657. Fact
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen.

6658. Fact
As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice

6659. Fact
Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange

6660. Animal Facts
The viperfish has teeth so long it can't close its mouth and it has to open its jaws out flat before it can swallow. Its teeth are half the length of its head!

6661. Fact
Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV in 1955, and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.

6662. Fact
The word walkman was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986

6663. Fact
The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

6664. Fact
Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world

6665. Fact
In Japan, tipping at restaurants is not a norm. However, some restaurants might add a 5 - 10 % service charge to the bill

6666. Fact
A 'jiffy'is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

6667. Fact
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.

6668. Fact
On record, the only time it recently snowed in the Sahara Desert was on Feb.18,1979.

6669. Fact
A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up

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