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Here are some of our previous facts from the 3.15 fact machine:
All 4 members of U2 have appeared on postage stamps.
Mexico City boasts the world's largest taxi fleet with over sixty thousand taxis running every day.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months a pair of rats could have over a million descendants
All acts of UK parliament are written on goatskin.
Carrots used to be purple
The word “Taxi” is the only word that is spoken the same and means the same, no matter what language is being spoken
If you drove a car at the average motorway speed straight up you would reach space in under an hour.
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
The average pillow is 6 years old and 10% of it’s weight is made up of dead skin, mites and mite dung.
The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines
New York City was briefly the U.S. capital from 1789 to 1790.
The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.
The average man contains enough phosphorous to make 2,200 matches
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk
In 1985, a pregnant woman was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball
The United States and Canada are the world's largest producers of paper and paper products.
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon
Hippos are upset, their sweat turns red, that sweat also works as a natural sun tan lotion
Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.
The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.” There was never a recorded Wendy before.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.
The first toilet in a row of toilets in a public bathroom is the least likely to be used, therefore it is the cleanest.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday.
Adult human bones account for 14% of the body's total weight.
The average speed of a penguin in the water being about 15 miles per hour.
People get taller when they are in space.
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