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7058. Fact
From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.

7059. Fact
Greenland has more ice on it than Iceland does. In fact, Iceland has more grass and trees than Greenland does.

7060. Fact
Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

7061. Fact
Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978

7062. Fact
The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.

7063. Animal Facts
The slime eel or hagfish produces slimy mucus from pores in its body. If something disturbs it, it throws out strings of mucus which makes the sea around it jelly-like, gunky and impossible to swim through. They can suffocate on their own slime if they over-do it.

7064. Fact
A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9

7065. Fact
Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government

7066. Fact
Except for 2 and 3, every prime number will eventually become divisible by 6 if you either add or subtract 1 from the number. For example, the number 17, plus 1, is divisible by 6. The number 19, minus 1, is also divisible by 6

7067. Fact
Rhinos are part of the same family as horses.

7068. Animal Facts
Octopi sometimes remove stinging tentacles from jellyfish and use them as weapons.

7069. Fact
Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".

7070. Fact
In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce

7071. Fact
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

7072. Fact
Baby donkeys or baby mules are also known as Foals.

7073. Fact
Sweden is the largest spender on ketchup. $4 per capita. Australia is second at $2.50.

7074. Fact
A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat

7075. Fact
In the pilot episode of Seinfeld (then called The Seinfeld Chronicles), Kessler was the last name of the neighbor who would later become known as Kramer.

7076. Fact
There are more pigs than humans in Denmark

7077. Fact
Panthers are known as black leopards, as they are the same species of leopard. If looked at closely, black spots can be seen on a panther

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