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9792. Fact
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar

9793. Fact
A turtle can breathe through its butt.

9794. Fact
The longest word in the english language is pneaumonaultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis...It's a lung disease contracted from breathing in too much volcanic dust settlement.

9795. Fact
Isaac Newton, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Annie Lennox were all born on Christmas.

9796. Fact
Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually

9797. Fact
The crow is the smartest of all birds.

9798. Fact
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not playing. Theyactually pass out from sheer terror.

9799. Fact
A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night

9800. Fact
The name Uncle Sam for the U.S. came from a person known as Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, NY, who supplied food for the U.S. army in the war of 1812.

9801. Fact
More than 90% of shark attack victims survive

9802. Fact
Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like

9803. Fact
ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.)

9804. Fact
McDonald's salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers.

9805. Fact
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals

9806. Fact
In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab.

9807. Fact
The United States minted a 1787 copper coin with the motto 'Mind Your Business.'

9808. Fact
Developed in Egypt about 5,000 years ago, the greyhound breed was known before the ninth century in England, where it was bred by aristocrats to hunt such small game as hares.

9809. Fact
A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine

9810. Fact
If a raisin is dropped into a glass of champagne it will bounce up and down in the glass

9811. Fact
Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.

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