Fact Book

Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.

1583. Fact

Forty percent of the American population has never visited a dentist.

1584. Fact

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 3 favorite foods: frog legs, pig knuckles, and scrambled eggs.

1585. Fact

Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.

1586. Fact

From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.

1587. Fact

Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!

1588. Fact

Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.

1589. Fact

Gavin, from the band Bush, has an innie belly button (

1590. Fact

Geller and Huchra have made three-dimensional maps of the distrubution of galaxies. In each layer of the map some galaxies are grouped together in such a way that they resemble a human being.

1591. Body Facts

There are more germs under your fingernails than on a toilet seat.

1592. Fact

German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.

1593. Fact

Giant Panda Bears give birth to a 4 ounce Baby Panda!

1594. Fact

Girls have more tastebuds than boys.

1595. Fact

Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana. No word on which they like the most.

1596. Fact

Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.

1597. Fact

Goat's milk is used more widely throughout the world than cow's milk.

1598. Fact

Goethe couldn't stand the sound of barking dogs and could only write if he had an apple rotting in the drawer of his desk.

1599. Body Facts

When you sneeze, up to a million tiny viruses are sprayed out of your nose and mouth. Just one of these can be enough to infect someone else.

1600. Fact

Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water.

1601. Fact

Good news: there are NO hog lips or snouts in SPAM.

1602. Body Facts

In Palestine, pregnant women who hoped for a son used to drink a potion made from the burned and powdered umbilical cord of a new-born baby boy.

1603. Fact

Goofy had a wife, Mrs. Goofy, and one son, Goofy jr.

1604. Fact

Got gas? 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.

1605. Fact

Got gas? 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.

1606. Fact

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

1607. Body Facts

Babies are born without kneecaps – they develop at between two to six years of age.

1608. Fact

Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.

1609. Fact

Groaking is the art of watching people eating food, hoping they'll offer you some.

1610. Fact

Hair on your head grows at 10 - 13mm per month.

1611. Fact

Half of all Americans over the age of 55 have no teeth.

1612. Fact

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the most bars per capita than anywhere else in the world.

1613. Fact

Hamsters do bot blink

1614. Body Facts

To save space, 98 percent of dead Japanese people are cremated rather than buried.

1615. Fact

Happy Birthday was the first song to be played in outer-space.

1616. Fact

Hard to believe: Apples are actually part of the rose family.

1617. Fact

Hard to believe: Apples are actually part of the rose family.

1618. Fact

Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.

1619. Fact

Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.

1620. Fact

Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.

1621. Fact

Hollywood fashion tip: wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller. It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.

1622. Fact

Honey is the only food that will not spoil.

1623. Body Facts

If you are close to a really loud noise – a massive volcano erupting, or a huge explosion – the thin, tight skin inside your ear called your eardrum can burst with the pressure.

1624. Fact

Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.

1625. Fact

Horses and rabbits cannot vomit.

1626. Fact

Horses cannot vomit.

1627. Fact

Hot water is heavier than cold.

1628. Fact

Hot water weighs more than cold water.

1629. Fact

Houdini was the first man to fly a plane solo in Australia.