9592. Fact

The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day.

9593. Fact

If the information contained in the DNA could be written down, it would fill a 1000 volume encyclopedia.

9594. Fact

Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century

9595. Fact

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

9596. Fact

Neck ties were first worn in Croatia.

9597. Fact

Celery does make you lose calories, it doesn't have a special chemical to do so but it has no calories so the chewing burns the calories burned.

9598. Fact

The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.

9599. Fact

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

9600. Fact

Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own Parma ham and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)

9601. Fact

In Australia, a dust-devil is called a willy-willy

9602. Fact

With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches

9603. Fact

In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the opera.

9604. Fact

Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

9605. Fact

In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck.

9606. Fact

Human fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails

9607. Fact

Watermelons grown along the Tigris River have been known to reach as much as 275 pounds.

9608. Fact

There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America

9609. Fact

US presidents who served an entire term without a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur.

9610. Fact

Latte is the Italian word for milk. So if you request a latte' in Italy, you'll be served milk.

9611. Fact

The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people

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