10019. Fact

The furthest point from any ocean would be in China.

10020. Fact

In Ontario, an average household income of a golfer is greater than $60,000

10021. Fact

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest word consisting entirely of alternating vowels and consonants.

10022. Fact

The Bible is the best selling book of all time with approximately six billion books sold. The second-best selling book is Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-Tung with about 800 million sales.

10023. Fact

The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours

10024. Fact

The world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island, New York. It was designed by Lemarcus Thompson, a former Sunday school teacher.

10025. Fact

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.

10026. Fact

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated

10027. Fact

Oak trees can live 200 or more years

10028. Fact

A species of earthworm, Megascolides australis, in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length

10029. Fact

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

10030. Fact

The Texas Rangers were the first U.S. state police force. They were established in 1835.

10031. Also known as

Original name : alfred hitchcock
Also known as : master of suspense

10032. Fact

Some species of fish have voices.

10033. Fact

The earth is roughly 4600 million years old.

10034. Fact

In 1932 James Markham obtained the 1st patent issued for a tree. The patent was for a peach tree.

10035. Fact

When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart

10036. Fact

The first commercial microwave oven was called the 1161 Radarange and was the size of a refrigerator

10037. Fact

In 1990, the largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds, by Bill Carson of Tennesse, USA

10038. Fact

2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover

10039. Fact

The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs

10040. Fact

The body's largest internal organ is the small intestine at an average length of 20 feet.

10041. Fact

75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress

10042. Fact

There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.

10043. Fact

You can send a postcard from Hell. There is a small town located in the Cayman Islands called Hell. They even have a post office

10044. Fact

Buttermilk does not contain any butter

10045. Fact

In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a license.

10046. Fact

The tridacna clam can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds

10047. Fact

The first time there was an instance where they had a separate toilet for women and men was in 1739 at a ball in Paris

10048. Fact

The final score in the game that Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points was Warriors 169 Knicks 147.

10049. Fact

Freshens the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front sea

10050. Fact

The difference between apple juice and apple cider is that the juice is pasteurized and the cider is not.

10051. Fact

Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day.

10052. Fact

Dalmatians are born without spots

10053. Fact

The magician's words hocus-pocus were taken from the name of a mythological sorcerer, Ochus Bochus, who appeared in Norse folktales and legends.

10054. Fact

Two normal kidneys contain 2 million tiny blood filters which filter 50 gallons of blood every day.

10055. Fact

The original Volkswagen Bug has finally stopped production. The last one rolled out in brazil on July 31st 2003. The car was introduced in 1946 and spent 57 years in production. There were more classic vw bugs produced then any other car ever (about 400 million).

10056. Fact

The more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air.

10057. Fact

Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999

10058. Fact

The best selling Crayola crayon box is the set of 24 crayons

10059. Fact

The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.

10060. Fact

German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America

10061. Fact

The Pacific Ocean holds 46% of the world's water. The rest is divided up as followed: Atlantic Ocean 23.9%, Indian Ocean 20.3%, and the Arctic Ocean 3.7%.

10062. Fact

The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

10063. Fact

Only 1 out of 100 people have a computer.

10064. Fact

When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment

10065. Fact

The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

10066. Fact

Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season

10067. Fact

Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.

10068. Fact

The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

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