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.

10147. Fact

We (humans) only use 10% of our brains.

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

10159. Fact

Rabbits can suffer from heat stroke.

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.

10166. Fact

Your thumb is the same length as your nose

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

10187. Fact

The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material

10188. Fact

Tony Hawk has made more money from video games and tv commercials than from skateboarding.

10189. Fact

The study of twins is known as gemellology

10190. Fact

The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.

10191. Fact

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

10192. Fact

St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904

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In the famous film casablanca, rick (played by humphrey bogart) never once said, "play it again, sam". He actually said, "you played it for her. You can play it for me. Play it!" the line "play it again, sam" actually comes from the marx brother's film one night in casablanca.      .. More >>