9654. Fact

Antarctica is visited by over 10,000 tourists a year.

9655. Fact

1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible

9656. Fact

An octopus has three hearts

9657. Fact

The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.

9658. Fact

Roman statues were made with detachable heads, so that one head could be removed and replaced by another.

9659. Fact

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements

9660. Fact

In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car. This is ironic considering approximately 33% of the country's budget on import is spent on equipment for fuel and transportation.

9661. Fact

Elmer Smith was the first player to hit a grand slam in a World Series

9662. Fact

MacDonalds fries are made with beef flavoring.

9663. Fact

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

9664. Fact

Housefly's regurgitate food and eat it again every time they eat.

9665. Fact

In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac.

9666. Fact

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour

9667. Fact

The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking.

9668. Fact

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

9669. Fact

Coffee trees are evergreen and grow to heights above 15 feet but are normally pruned to around 8 feet in order to facilitate harvesting.

9670. Fact

You would need to travel at 6.95 miles per second to escape the Earth's gravitational pull. This is equivalent to traveling from New York to Philadelphia in about twenty seconds.

9671. Fact

On average, Americans consume eighteen acres of pizza daily

9672. Fact

The word Denim comes from the French phrase serge de Nimes which is a fabric made in a town located in southern France

9673. Fact

The Australian emu holds the land speed record for birds (31 mph).

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