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10299. Fact
In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums
10300. Fact
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day
10301. Fact
Brad Pitt has been smoking since the sixth grade.
10302. Fact
One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel, was mauled to death on the set by a raging elephant.
10303. Fact
The U.S. Army has a stealth reconnaissance helicopter named The Duke in honor of John Wayne.
10304. Fact
Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
10305. Fact
St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity
10306. Fact
A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
10307. Fact
The airplane, Buddy Holly died in, was the American Pie, which is where Don McLarean got the song title from.
10308. Fact
The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.
10309. Fact
Ever year, Americans spend close to $25 billion on beer
10310. Fact
The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
10311. Fact
The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats.
10312. Fact
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.
10313. Fact
The Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582 AD, and was adopted by Great Britain and the English colonies in 1752.
10314. Fact
Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap Ivory while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879
10315. Fact
For every human in the world there are one million ants
10316. Fact
By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.
10317. Fact
Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it
10318. Fact
Local calls using a coin-operated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.
10319. Fact
The USSR set off the largest nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the Hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over the Novaya Zemla Islands, October 30 1961.
10320. Fact
The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan
10321. Fact
The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour
10323. Fact
Italians do not drink espresso during meals. It is considered to be a separate event and is given its own time.
10324. Fact
On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.
10325. Fact
Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it
10326. Fact
Women say that the part of a man's body that they admire the most is his buttocks.
10327. Fact
A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
10328. Fact
An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime
10329. Fact
Some of the other names that were thought of for the dwarfs in the Disney movie Snow White were Awful, Dirty, Shifty, Hotsy, and Jumpy
10330. Fact
The Himalayas are the fastest growing mountains in the world. Already the tallest, the mountain range is growing at a rate of about a half an inch each year.
10331. Fact
The United States produces 3,145,892,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year. That's over three times the amount of the second-highest producing country, Russia.
10332. Fact
Ovaltine was originally called Ovamaltine. A clerical error forced the name to be changed when the manufacturer registered the name.
10333. Fact
Eggplant is a member of the thistle family.
10335. Fact
The six most dangerous occupations in America are; football player, firefighter, race-car driver, astronaut, police officer, and fisherman.
10336. Fact
Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father
10337. Fact
Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped
10340. Fact
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
10341. Fact
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour
10342. Fact
MenÕs shirts have the buttons on the right while womenÕs shirts have the buttons on the left
10343. Fact
Used in art the word sfumato refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another
10344. Fact
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
10346. Fact
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?" It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
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The feet have approximately 250,000 sweat glands
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