1160. Fact

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

1161. Body Facts

Pinworms cause an itchy bottom because they sneak out at night to lay their eggs there.

1162. Fact

A group of larks is called an exaltation.

1163. Fact

A group of officers is called a mess.

1164. Fact

A group of owls is called a parliament.

1165. Fact

A group of ravens is called a murder.

1166. Fact

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink

1167. Fact

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

1168. Fact

A group of whales is called a pod.

1169. Fact

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day.

1170. Fact

A hardboiled egg will spin. An uncooked or softboiled egg will not.

1171. Fact

A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not. (I'm going home to boil an egg tonight)

1172. Body Facts

All the bacteria living inside your body would fill six teaspoons.

1173. Fact

A housefly lives only two weeks.

1174. Fact

A human has 60,000 miles of blood vessels in their body

1175. Fact

A human's mucus membrane, used to smell, is the size of a postage stamp

1176. Fact

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

1177. Fact

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

1178. Fact

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

1179. Fact

A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is of the ground.

1180. Fact

A killer whale’s heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.

1181. Fact

A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.

1182. Fact

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

1183. Fact

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

1184. Fact

A male baboon can kill a leopard.

1185. Fact

'A man a plan a canal Panama' is also a palindrome

1186. Fact

A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.

1187. Fact

A manned mission to Mars (called for by the first President Bush) was quietly dropped when someone worked out it would cost $450 billion and would probably kill all the crew.

1188. Fact

A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body.

1189. Fact

A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.

1190. Fact

A moth has no stomach.

1191. Fact

A necropsy is an autopsy on animals

1192. Fact

A pack-a-day smoker will loose approx. 2 teeth every 10 years

1193. Fact

A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.

1194. Fact

A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.

1195. Body Facts

If your vomit looks like what you've just eaten, that's exactly what it is. If it's soupy, then it's because it's been in your stomach for a while.

1196. Fact

A piece of paper can be folded no more than 9 times.

1197. Fact

a pig always sleeps on its right side.

1198. Fact

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

1199. Fact

A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

1200. Fact

A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.

1201. Fact

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

1202. Fact

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

1203. Body Facts

Long ago, rich people used to pay for teeth to be pulled from poor people – often teenagers – and implanted in their own jaws when their rotten teeth were removed.

1204. Fact

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

1205. Fact

A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.

1206. Fact

A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.

1207. Fact

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

1208. Fact

A rat can go longer without water than a camel.

1209. Fact

A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

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