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If you have any amazing facts send them to me for this page. 260 "I am." is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language
261 On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime
262 Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different color, or be curly or straight
263 The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1987
264 Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke
265 Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid
266 Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits
267 In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year
268 Dolphins hear by having sound waves transmit through their skull to their inner ear region
269 Teflon was accidentally discovered by scientist Dr. Roy Plunkett while he was conducting a coolant gas experiment in 1938
270 The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore.
271 Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials
272 The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court
273 Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten
274 A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow
275 Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
276 A baby kangaroo is called a joey
277 Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris
278 There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996
279 In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."
280 Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese
281 The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together
282 True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets
283 Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color available was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
284 The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
285 An oyster can change its gender
286 Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went
287 A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque
288 In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it
289 Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human
290 Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process
291 In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza
292 In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks
293 Bubble gum contains rubber
294 When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover
295 In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married
296 Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
297 Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older
298 Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating
299 In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
300 Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE
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