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6335. Fact
The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.

6336. Fact
Other than London, Liverpool is the most filmed British city, and was used to film more than 140 films in 2002

6337. Fact
When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves

6338. Animal Facts
Geckos have no eyelids – they lick their eyeballs to clean them!

6339. Fact
Burger King restaurants serve over 400 million ounces of orange juice annually

6340. Animal Facts
Scorpions glow in the dark in ultraviolet light.

6341. Fact
Giant Panda Bears give birth to a 4 ounce Baby Panda.

6342. Fact
In Vermont it is illegal to paint landscapes in times of war.

6343. Fact
In a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat.

6344. Fact
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

6345. Fact
There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) that digests its own brain. When the sea squirt is mature it permanently attaches itself to a rock. At this point it does not need to move anymore and has no need for a brain.

6346. Fact
The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid

6347. Fact
The board game Monopoly was originally rejected by Parker Brothers, who claimed it had 52 fundamental errors.

6348. Fact
When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute

6349. Fact
When a man was hanged in Mississippi in 1894 the noose came undone and the prisoner fell to the ground. He was set free and and since his innocence was later established he was granted $5000.

6350. Fact
According to Illinois state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is American.

6351. Animal Facts
Flesh flies eat nothing but old meat and rotting flesh on dead bodies.

6352. Fact
9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive.

6353. Fact
The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China

6354. Fact
Ketchup actually began in Thailand. There it was labelled Kachiap.

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