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9374. Fact
There are some species of snails that are extremely venomous.

9375. Fact
Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it

9376. Fact
A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.

9377. Fact
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

9378. Fact
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room

9379. Fact
The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds

9380. Fact
Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show Friends were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe

9381. Fact
Manhattan Island of New York City was purchased for $24 from the Algonquian Indians in 1624.

9382. Fact
Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine

9383. Fact
The first company to mass produce teddy bears was the Ideal Toy Company

9384. Fact
Washington State has the longest single beach in the United States.Long Beach, WA

9385. Fact
The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach

9386. Fact
Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume, and form for 40 years.

9387. Fact
In the spring of 1975, a baby in Detroit fell 14 stories and landed on Joseph Figlock, who was walking below. A few years later it happened again. Figlock and both babies survived

9388. Fact
The Nike swoosh was invented by Caroline Davidson back in 1971. She received $35 for making the swoosh. The first shoe with the swoosh was introduced in 1972

9389. Fact
Following directions off the Internet and chemicals obtained from a mail order company, a team of U.S. scientists created an identical copy of the polio virus.

9390. Fact
The movie that grossed the most money that was adapted from a T.V. cartoon is Scooby-Doo

9391. Fact
The New York Yankees have won the most champoinships (26 times) in their respected sport (MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL) for any professional sports team.

9392. Fact
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight, and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated

9393. Fact
In 1888, an Egyptian peasant discovered an estimated three hundred thousand mummified cats in Beni Hassan, Egypt. Of the cats that were not stolen once, the find was made public, the remaining mummified cats were shipped to Great Britain to be used as agricultural fertilizer

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