Fact Book
1725. Fact
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam.'
1726. Fact
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
1729. Fact
In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
1730. Fact
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
1731. Fact
In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.
1732. Fact
In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
1734. Fact
In France, it is legal to marry a dead person!
1735. Fact
In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car.
1736. Fact
In his book 'The Insects', naturalist Url N. Lanham reports that the aphid reproductive cycle is so rapid that the females are born pregnant.
1737. Fact
In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
1738. Fact
In honour of Johan Vaaler, inventor of the paper clip, a proportional 221/2 paper clip was erected in Oslo, Norway
1739. Fact
In Idaho, it is illegal to give someone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds!
1740. Fact
In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog!
1741. Fact
In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange.
1742. Fact
In Jasmine Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within 300km of a private home
1743. Body Facts
If you have a spitting contest, you'll do better if you can see some food, or even a picture of food. If you can't manage that, just thinking about your favourite food will help to make your mouth water.
1744. Fact
In Kentucky, It's illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.
1745. Fact
In many cases, the amount of storage space on a recordable CD is measured in minutes. 74 minutes is about 650 megabytes, 63 minutes is 550 megabytes.
1746. Fact
In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
1747. Fact
In Massachusetts, It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
1748. Fact
In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
1749. Body Facts
Sweat doesn't actually smell – it's the bacteria breaking it down that produce the pong.
1750. Fact
In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
1751. Fact
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
1752. Fact
In most advertisments, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
1753. Fact
In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
1754. Fact
In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes.
1756. Fact
In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
1757. Fact
In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps.
1758. Fact
In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
1759. Fact
In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won't flow.
1760. Fact
In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
1761. Fact
In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
1762. Fact
In the 1983 film "JAWS 3D" the shark blows up. Some of the shark guts were the stuffed ET dolls being sold at the time.
1763. Fact
In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
1764. Fact
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
1765. Fact
In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
1766. Fact
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
1767. Fact
In the Great Fire of London in 1666, half of the city was burned down but only 6 people were injured.
1768. Fact
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
1769. Body Facts
When you sleep, you aren't blinking so there is no way to sweep away the mix of water, oils and other chemicals that wash over your eyes. Instead, they dry out around the edges of your eyes making crispy or slimy yellow gunk.
1770. Fact
In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.
1771. Fact
in the Phillippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.
1772. Fact
In the U.S., for every dollar you spend on gasoline 27 cents of it is in taxes.
1773. Fact
In the United States in 1976, a pound of potato chips cost 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.
1774. Fact
In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone.
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The first baseball game was broadcast in color on August 11, 1951 (Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Boston Braves 8-1)
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