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9764. Fact
MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.
9765. Fact
The term The Big Apple was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression apple for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple
9766. Fact
The deepest spot in any ocean is the Mariana Trench. It's 36,198 feet below sea level (about seven miles).
9767. Fact
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year.
9768. Fact
When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns
9769. Fact
Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes
9770. Fact
Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints
9771. Fact
The average bra is designed to last for only 180 days of use.
9772. Fact
The most popular gift that teachers receive in the United States from their students is chocolate
9773. Fact
Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid
9774. Fact
Prairie dogs are not dogs. A prairie dog is a kind of rodent.
9775. Fact
Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke
9776. Fact
Scholars have named the highest number that's been counted, a googleplex.
9777. Fact
There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu.
9778. Fact
The first NBA player to score 38,000 points was Kareem Abdul-Jabar in 1989.
9779. Fact
An African American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name.
9780. Fact
The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington DC, by US science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
9781. Fact
The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.
9782. Fact
The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set in a lunar rover.
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The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night
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