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FACT: 1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight.
FACT: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
FACT: 18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation.
FACT: 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States.
FACT: 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.
FACT: 27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell." (big surprise, eh?)
FACT: 27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
FACT: 3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria.
FACT: 31% of employees skip lunch entirely.
FACT: "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters.
FACT: "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
FACT: "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
FACT: "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
FACT: "I am." is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language.
FACT: "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
FACT: "Pomology" is the science of growing an apple.
FACT: 1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible.
FACT: 1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.
FACT: A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
FACT: A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck.
FACT: A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea.
FACT: A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their hair with their saliva before curling it.
FACT: A Connecticut Toy maker, Herobuilders, sells action figures of President George W. Bush, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which are all major figures tied to the September 11, 2001 WTC attacks.
FACT: A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day.
FACT: A cow has four compartments in its stomach.
FACT: A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day.
FACT: A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side.
FACT: A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.
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