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9999. Fact
Between 1997-2002, there was an increase of 228% in cosmetic procedures in the United States

10000. Fact
There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit

10001. Fact
The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined

10002. Fact
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours.

10003. Fact
The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter T.

10004. Fact
More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

10005. Fact
A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945

10006. Fact
An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog

10007. Fact
EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow.

10008. Fact
Platypuses mate in the water

10009. Fact
Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury.

10010. Fact
There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America

10011. Fact
The average human head weighs about eight pounds.

10012. Fact
Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938

10013. Fact
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....)

10014. Fact
You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206. They fuse together such as the parietal, occipital of the skull.

10015. Fact
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density

10016. Also known as
Original name : bhagat singh
Also known as : shahid - e - azam

10017. Fact
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, Gadsby, without any word containing the letter e.

10018. Fact
Only 1% of bacteria cause disease.

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