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7265. Fact
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg inthe air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horsehasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

7266. Fact
The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.

7267. Fact
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon

7268. Fact
The U.S. military s dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine.

7269. Fact
The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries

7270. Fact
About 25% of people in the world report that they are monogamous.

7271. Fact
Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard

7272. Fact
It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween

7273. Fact
Only one out of every three people wash their hands when leaving a public bathroom

7274. Fact
In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another

7275. Fact
The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger

7276. Fact
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed

7277. Fact
The earth is 24,901 miles around at the equator.

7278. Fact
The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800's.

7279. Fact
Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat

7280. Fact
There are only 14 blimps in the world.

7281. Fact
There are 100 tiles in a "Scrabble" crossword game.

7282. Fact
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward

7283. Fact
After the sun, the closest star to Earth is 25,000,000,000,000 miles away.

7284. Fact
The calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race average 10,000.

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The 1st time the f-word was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, I'll Never Forget Whatshisname. In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, Scarface, the word is spoken 206 times an average of once every 29 seconds.      .. More >>
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