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    Fast Facts

    ? The South American Electric Eel can produce almost one amp of current.

    ? It takes 18 minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey’s Kiss.

    ? A railroad tanker car carrying propane traveled over 3,000 feet when it exploded during a train wreck in Illinois, sheering off a steel tower in its path. It’s the longest flight on record for a propane explosion.

    ? Pia Zadora’s first movie role was as a young child, as one of the protagonists in “”Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.””

    ? The first product to have a universal product bar code on its packaging was Wrigley’s gum.

    ? America’s largest rosary is located at the Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Mass.

    ? The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond.

    ? Ferrets sleep for about 20 hours a day.

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