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8184. Fact
In Kentucky you need a license to walk around nude on your property.
8185. Fact
Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married
8186. Fact
Over 100,000 birds and sea animals are killed every year due to plastic garbage
8187. Fact
People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones
8188. Fact
Jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.
8189. Fact
Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
8190. Fact
In 1962, the Mashed Potato, the Loco-Motion, the Frug, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken were popular dances.
8191. Fact
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
8192. Animal Facts
A dustbin can produce 30,000 flies a week from eggs laid in the rotting rubbish it contains.
8193. Fact
The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.
8194. Fact
The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4'9.
8195. Fact
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".
8196. Fact
Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears.
8197. Fact
The word America comes from the European explorer Amerigo Vespucci
8198. Fact
The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones
8199. Fact
Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit.
8200. Fact
On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime
8201. Fact
A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.
8203. Fact
No one knows why there is a 33 on a Rolling Rock bottle... the secret died with the original brewer.
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Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers
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