• The hottest spot on the planet is in Libya.

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• My AWESOME nephew Max’s birthday is in July.

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• You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.

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• Fireworks have been a tradition since the first Independence Day anniversary celebration in 1777.

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• Your nostrils work one at a time.

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• Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937.

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• Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits—without ever hitting No. 1.

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• Cookie Monster is named Sid.

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• Three presidents, all Founding Fathers—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe—died on July 4. 

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• The Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.

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• The Running of the Bulls takes place in Pamplona, Spain, during the San Fermín festival in early July.

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• Experiments in universities have actually been carried out to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, both with machine and human lickers (because this is important scientific knowledge!). The results ranged from 252 to 411.

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• In the US, the third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day, July 17 is National Hot Dog Day and July 30 is National Cheesecake Day.

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Sources:

• https://bestlifeonline.com/random-fun-facts/

• https://parade.com/966564/parade/fun-facts/

• https://www.thefactsite.com/independence-day-facts/

• https://funworldfacts.com/facts-about-july/