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FACT: A Singapore singing group by the name of "The Oriental Singers," sang non-stop for 74 hours and five minutes.
FACT: A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.
FACT: A slug has four noses.
FACT: A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle.
FACT: A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them.
FACT: A snail can sleep for 3 years.
FACT: A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes.
FACT: A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour.
FACT: A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
FACT: A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body.
FACT: A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
FACT: A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet.
FACT: A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
FACT: A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school.
FACT: A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.
FACT: A study revealed that men that were born with a low birth weight were less likely to get married.
FACT: A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed.
FACT: A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.
FACT: A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men admit to coloring their hair.
FACT: A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds.
FACT: A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph.
FACT: A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.
FACT: A turtle can breathe through its butt..
FACT: A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up.
FACT: A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood.
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