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7629. Fact
In 1968, Abbie Hoffman played with a yo-yo while testifying before a congressional committee. He was found in contempt

7630. Fact
In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl

7631. Fact
Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am

7632. Fact
The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.

7633. Fact
All pyrimids were bright white.

7634. Fact
Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%

7635. Fact
More than half the time spent in United States courts is cases that involve automobiles

7636. Fact
On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight

7637. Fact
Olympic pools are 50 meters long.

7638. Fact
Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Lowenthal and Emma Wedgewood, respectively).

7639. Fact
When pure gold is beaten with a mallet and made into gold leaf, the average thickness runs between 1/200,000th to 1/250,000th of an inch.

7640. Fact
Blondes have more hair than dark haired people do.

7641. Fact
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

7642. Fact
In the game of Monopoly, the most landed on properties are B&O Railroad, Illinois Avenue, and Go.

7643. Fact
Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living

7644. Fact
Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.

7645. Fact
Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body

7646. Fact
Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old.

7647. Fact
To find out almost the exact temperature... Listen to a cricket chirping and count the number of chirps in a minute. Add fifty, divide by four then add 40.

7648. Fact
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

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