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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

9612. Fact
There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone

9613. Fact
In 1964, University of Oregon grad student Carolyn Davidson designed what became known as the Nike swoosh; for a mere $35. She did it four years after Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports.

9614. Fact
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

9615. Also known as
Original name : shakti chattapadhyaya
Also known as : robert frost of west bengal.

9616. Fact
At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union.

9617. Fact
A car traveling 100 m.p.h. would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

9618. Fact
The period between midnight and dawn is the best time to look for shooting stars. On a normal night you can see between five and ten an hour. In a desert, you can see one every eight minutes.

9619. Fact
Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old

9620. Fact
On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day

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