Fact Book

10508. Fact
The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year. (This fact and the one prior to it have been judged as urban legends by many)

10509. Fact
Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches

10510. Fact
Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an opponent using only a single finger

10511. Fact
Skippy Peanut Butter is sold more in the world than any other peanut butter

10512. Fact
The most common name in the world is Mohammed

10513. Fact
Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head

10514. Fact
There are songs in all of Shakespeare's plays except The Comedy of Errors.

10515. Fact
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

10516. Fact
The Chow and the Chinese Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have black tongues.

10517. Fact
There is no such thing as a banana tree. Bananas grow on plants.

10518. Fact
All penguins live south of the equator

10519. Fact
On average, you would need 12.5 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream

10520. Fact
The most famous movie theatre is the Chinese Theatre located in Los Angeles, USA

10521. Fact
The average cow produces about 2,305 gallons of milk each year

10522. Fact
There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri

10523. Aircraft id
Aircraft id mark :
Iran : ep

10524. Fact
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there

10525. Fact
Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.

10526. Fact
It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits

10527. Fact
Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell

10528. Fact
The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal

10529. Fact
Thousands of people watched the Battle of Bunker Hill take place. People in the Boston area sat on rooftops, in trees, on church steeples, and in the rigging of ships in the harbor to watch the American revolutionaries battle the British.

10530. Fact
7-Eleven was the first convenience store to have television advertising. The animated commercial ran in 1949 and had a singing rooster and owl

10531. Fact
1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life

10532. Fact
One pound of maple syrup can make eight pounds of candy or sugar

10533. Fact
When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born

10534. Aircraft id
Aircraft id mark :
Indonesia : pk

10535. Fact
The coconut is the largest seed in the world

10536. Fact
McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.

10537. Fact
Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease

10538. Fact
Two thirds of all left-handed people are men.

10539. Fact
Stars with really strong gravity cause themselves to become smaller and smaller and eventually turn into black holes.

10540. Fact
The earth is presently inhabited by 1.4 million species of animals and 500,000 species of plants.

10541. Fact
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego

10542. Fact
The phrase Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride, actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924

10543. Aircraft id
Aircraft id mark :
Greece : sx

10544. Aircraft id
Aircraft id mark :
India : vt

10545. Fact
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush

10546. Fact
The queen of England does not have the right to vote in any British election.

10547. Fact
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta

10548. Fact
Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg

10549. Fact
Scholars estimate that the 66 books of the King James version of the Bible were written by some 50 different authors.

10550. Fact
The word piano is really an abbreviation for the word pianoforte.

10551. Fact
US Presidents who never held any other elective office: U. S. Grant, William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

10552. Fact
The name of the award given to honor the best sites on the Internet is called The Webby Award.

10553. Fact
Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for the creation of the Panama Canal

10554. Fact
Studies have proven that it's harder to tell a convincing lie to someone you find attractive.

10555. Fact
Chewing gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears

10556. Fact
The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble'depicts two women living under one roof.

10557. Fact
The doorbell was invented in 1831.

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