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9183. Fact
The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year.

9184. Fact
That white, powdery stuff on the wings of moths is actually the way moths dispose of waste.

9185. Fact
Your brain will stop growing in size when you are about 15 years old.

9186. Fact
Mr. Butts invented the game SCRABBLE. The game was originally called Criss Cross Words.

9187. Fact
Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.

9188. Fact
Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac

9189. Fact
On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight

9190. Fact
During World War II, the 2nd Polish Corps had a brown bear named Wojtek, who helped move boxes of ammunition during the battle of Monte Cassino

9191. Fact
Colonel Sanders original white suit was auctioned off for $80,000 in February 2002

9192. Fact
In Gabon, there are several 1.8 billion years old natural nuclear reactors.

9193. Fact
Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year

9194. Fact
Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet.

9195. Fact
Pablo Picasso has sold more works of art individually costing over one million dollars than any other artist. His 211 is well ahead of the 168 for Pierre Auguste Renoir.

9196. Fact
A pineapple is a berry.

9197. Fact
The first city in America to have a TV station was: Schenectady, NY.

9198. Fact
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. The whole country is only 108.7 acres, with a population of just 1,000 (approx.).

9199. Fact
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

9200. Fact
The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in Harrods in London, which cost $1.6 million, has a full time security guard. The shoes are made from platinum thread and has 642 rubies in them. It took over 700 hours to produce the shoe

9201. Fact
Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton

9202. Fact
Chris Ford of the the Boston Celtics sank the NBA's first three-point shot in 1979.

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