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.
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
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
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
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.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers.
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