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931. Fact
The most difficult words to say fast in english are "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick".

932. Fact
Rats can breed so fast that after only eighteen months they can produce more than a million off-spring.

933. Fact
If you use earphones for one hour, you will increase the amount of bacteria in your ears by 700%.

934. Fact
23% of all copy machine breakdowns come from people sitting on them to make copies of their own butts.

935. Fact
Nearly all lipsticks contain fish scales.

936. Fact
No paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

937. Fact
In one year, american airlines saved $40,000 by decreasing the number of olives by just one on each first-class salad.

938. Fact
You burn more calories sleeping than watching tv.

939. Fact
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

940. Fact
Most of the dust in your home comes from your own dead skin cells.

941. Fact
In one year basketball icon, michael jordan, earned more money from his sponsor, nike, than all of the employees put together at the malaysia nike factory.

942. Fact
Richard milhouse nixon was the first american president whose name included all the letters in the word "criminal".

943. Fact
Turtles can breathe through their butts.

944. Fact
According to the oxford english dictionary, the longest english word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The forty-five-letter word is the name of a special form of silicosis caused by ultramicroscopic particles of silica volcanic dust...

945. Fact
Ingrown nails are hereditary.

946. Fact
The longest geographical name still in use is the name of a hill in new zealand. It's called taumatawhakatangiha ngakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe nuakit natahu.

947. Fact
Telly savalas and louis armstrong both died on their birthdays.

948. Body Facts
Surma girls of Ethiopia put clay disks in their lower lip, stretching the lip outwards.The size of the disk indicates how many cattle a man needs to provide to marry the girl – they can be up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) across.

949. Fact
The initials for the russian secret service "kgb" stand for komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti.

950. Fact
The kangaroo and emu can't move backwards. That's why they have been chosen as symbols for the australian continent.

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