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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Hooked On Facts

Today's six facts are:

The average housefly weighs 10 to 15 millionths of a pound.

There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet and weighs up to 500 pounds.

In 1789 the total U.S. federal debt was $190.000.

French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.

Bonus Fact: Europe is the only continent without a desert.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Bonus Fact: Europe is the only continent without a desert."

That used to be true, but no longer in the era of climate change: Sahara jumps Mediterranean into Europe