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The Pacific island of Nauru s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.

In Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the age of a person when they marry was dependant on the person's class. Those with a high social status were permitted to marry at a younger age.

7140. Fact

In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles

7141. Fact

The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles

7142. Fact

Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters

7143. Fact

Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836

7144. Fact

New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.

7145. Fact

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

7146. Fact

Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl

7147. Fact

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

7148. Fact

Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk

7149. Fact

Sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world

7150. Fact

The green ring that is formed around the yolk of eggs that have been cooked too long is formed by the chemical reaction from the iron in the yolk and the sulphur in the white part of the egg

7151. Fact

Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes

7152. Fact

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

7153. Fact

Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible

7154. Fact

Dominica, Mexico, Zambia, Kiribati, Fiji and Egypt all have birds on their flags.

7155. Fact

The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray

7156. Fact

Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys