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During the holiday season, approximately $220 million worth of Poinsettias are sold

The gila monster is the only poisonous lizard in the United States.

The reason the soft drink Dr Pepper is called that is because the inventor Wade Morrison named it after Dr. Charles Pepper who had given him his first job

9625. Fact

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times

9626. Fact

A newborn expels its own body weight in waste every 60 hours.

9627. Fact

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints.

9628. Fact

Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.

9629. Fact

Jamaica Blue Mountain is often regarded as the best coffee in the world.

9630. Fact

Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The only other president buried in Arlington: William Howard Taft.

9631. Fact

People sneeze at about 90 miles per hour.

9632. Fact

The silhouette on the MLB logo is Harmon Killebrew.

9633. Fact

The iron disulfide (Pyrite) is considered fool's gold because it looks very similar to gold.

9634. Fact

Tiger Woods is the only person to hold all four major championships at one time, although it did not happen in the calendar year. He also currently holds the scoring record for all four majors.

9635. Fact

Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia

9636. Fact

The Cannes Film Festival was conceived in 1938 by two French journalists while they were traveling by train to the Venice Film Festival.

9637. Fact

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne

9638. Fact

The complete works of Shakespeare can be stored on 5 Megabytes.

9639. Fact

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback.

9640. Fact

¥ Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

9641. Fact

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War

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