Fact Book
10137. Fact
Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went
10138. Fact
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
10139. Fact
The Ribbon worm will start eating itself to avoid starvation.
10141. Fact
Tamiflu's main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise
10142. Fact
Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet
10143. Fact
Sawney Beane, his wife, 8 sons, 6 daughters, and 32 grandchildren were a family of cannibals that lived in the caves near Galloway, Scotland in the early 17th Century. Although the total number is not known, it is believed they claimed over 50 victims per year. The entire family was taken by an army detachment to Edinburgh and executed, apparently without trial
10144. Fact
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
10145. Fact
You can't sneeze on the streets of Asheville, North Carolina.
10146. Fact
No language has more synonyms than English.
10148. Fact
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..
10149. Fact
Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
10150. Fact
US Presidents who never attended college: Grover Cleveland, Abraham Lincoln, Harry S Truman, and George Washington.
10151. Fact
The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old
10152. Fact
An average man has about 10 erections during sleep.
10153. Fact
Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom
10154. Fact
According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and India, which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year
10155. Fact
One grape vine produce can produce about 20 to 30 glasses of wine
10156. Fact
Two-thirds of the world's
eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
10157. Fact
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
10158. Fact
Spartacus led the revolt of the Roman slaves and gladiators in 73 B.C
10160. Fact
Every 25 miles a car produces one pound of pollution.
10161. Fact
On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials
10162. Fact
People from the United States eat the most chicken per person than anywhere else in the world
10163. Fact
The 'King Ranch'in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
10164. Fact
Both Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter, U.S. presidents, were peanut farmers at one time
10165. Fact
The first ring donuts were produced in 1847 by a 15 year old baker's apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.
10167. Fact
The town of Idaho Falls, Idaho, forbids anyone over the age of eighty-eight to ride a motorcycle.
10168. Fact
The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.
10169. Fact
The size of a newly born kangaroo is 2.5 cms.
10170. Fact
In October 1986, Pepsi paid close to $840 million to Nabisco for the Kentucky Fried Chicken empire
10171. Fact
The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903
10172. Fact
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water
10173. Fact
The average American consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year.
10174. Fact
There are approximately 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
10175. Fact
There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show Sesame Street that is HIV-positive
10176. Fact
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
10177. Fact
A red-haired man is more likely to go bald than anyone else.
10178. Fact
Mice will nurse babies that are not their own
10179. Fact
It's been estimated that man have been riding horses for over 3,000 years.
10180. Fact
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.
10181. Fact
You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.
10182. Fact
January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time
10183. Fact
Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year
10184. Alloy
Alloy : monel metal
Composition : cu (70%), ni (30%)
Use : for making alkali resistant containers.
10185. Fact
The term white chocolate is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.
10186. Fact
Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories
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