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8076. Fact
Alaska got its name from the Aluet word Alyeska which means The Great Land.

8077. Fact
It has been reported that some dogs are able to sniff out skin cancer.

8078. Fact
A group of crows is called a murder.

8079. Fact
In Nevada it is illegal to ride a camel on the highway.

8080. Fact
It has been suggested that shepherds are responsible for inventing the game golf. It is said that they used to use their staffs to hit the stones

8081. Fact
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards

8082. Fact
The only sound Seahorses make is a small clicking or popping sound during feeding or courtship

8083. Fact
A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.

8084. Fact
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

8085. Fact
People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing

8086. Fact
The Dutch acquired Surinam in exchange for Manhattan Island in 1667.

8087. Fact
It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan County, Colorado.

8088. Fact
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

8089. Fact
Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'.

8090. Fact
In Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) does not blink in any scene.

8091. Fact
Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate

8092. Fact
Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris

8093. Fact
I am. is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language

8094. Fact
A gelotologist is a person who studies laughter

8095. Fact
Over the last 50 years in the United States, approximately 9,000 people have died as a result of tornadoes, 5,000 as the result of floods, and 4,000 as the result of hurricanes.

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