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9122. Fact
Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught.

9123. Fact
The Butterfinger candy bar was first produced by Chicago's Curtiss Candy Co. in 1923. As an advertising ploy, candy bars were dropped from an airplane on cities in 40 states.

9124. Fact
The filming of the movie 'Titanic'cost more than the Titanic itself.

9125. Fact
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.

9126. Fact
A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

9127. Fact
Harley Proctor found the name Ivory for his soap in the Bible. He was in church reading the line, All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. The original name of the soap was P&G White Soap.

9128. Fact
The famous Revolutionary war general Lafayette had the same first name as his wife Mary.

9129. Fact
White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the The Monkees.

9130. Fact
Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.

9131. Fact
A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.

9132. Fact
The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavor space shuttle from Sept 12-20, 1992

9133. Fact
Men sweat more than women. This is because women can better regulate the amount of water they lose

9134. Fact
The formula for Coca-cola has never been patented

9135. Fact
The first airline, DELAG, was established on October 16, 1909, to carry passengers between German cities by Zeppelin airships. Up to November 1913, more than 34,000 people had used the service.

9136. Fact
There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

9137. Fact
When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey

9138. Fact
The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level

9139. Fact
Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels

9140. Fact
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family's pot filled with coffee.

9141. Fact
Electrical stimulation of certain areas of the brain has been proven to revive long-lost memories.

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