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Fascinating Facts & Figures - 4

This is page 4 of fascinating facts and fiqures.

The planet Venus is the only one that rotates clockwise.

The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

If you heat a grape in a microwave oven the grape will explode.

Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever be elected president of the USA.

A cat has four rows of whiskers.

Basketball was invented by a Y.M.C.A. official at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891.

Water expands by about 9% as it freezes.

The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.

The term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937.

The paperclip was invented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler.

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In 1572, a pig which had killed a child was dressed in human clothes and put on trial. It was found guilty of the crime and was sentenced to death.

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