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9403. Fact
The coldest capital city in the world is Ulaan Bator, Mongolia.

9404. Fact
A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour

9405. Fact
TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard

9406. Fact
There are more plastic lawn flamingos in the US than real ones.

9407. Fact
Rembrandt died broke. A friend had to come up with the $5.20 it cost to bury the great master.

9408. Fact
In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast

9409. Fact
Ted Turner owns about 2% of New Mexico.

9410. Fact
Every photograph of the first American atomic bomb detonation was taken by Harold Edgerton

9411. Fact
There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US

9412. Fact
One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years

9413. Fact
Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000

9414. Fact
You speak about 4,800 words per day.

9415. Fact
An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.

9416. Fact
There are more kinds of bacteria in your mouth then there are people in the world.

9417. Fact
The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.

9418. Fact
The first suburban shopping mall was opened in 1922 by National Department Stores in Saint Louis.

9419. Fact
A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery

9420. Fact
There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon

9421. Also known as
Original name : herodotus
Also known as : father of history

9422. Fact
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q'is the least used.

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