Fact Book
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.
1775. Fact
In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
1776. Fact
In what country will you find the most Universities? India.
1778. Fact
India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
1779. Fact
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
1780. Body Facts
The sores caused by the disease typhus can rot the flesh, sometimes causing toes and fingers to drop off.
1782. Fact
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
1784. Fact
Insects outnumber humans by 1 million to one.
1785. Fact
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
1786. Fact
Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
1787. Body Facts
If you took all the nerves out of an adult's body and laid them end to end they would stretch 75 kilometres (47 miles). But the adult would not be pleased.
1788. Fact
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book published in every major Dewey Decimal category.
1789. Fact
Isaac Newton understood the laws of gravity some 40 years before he made his findings public.
1790. Body Facts
If too much wax builds up in your ears, a doctor can soften it and then scoop it out with a special spoon called a curette.
1791. Fact
Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
1792. Fact
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
1793. Fact
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
1794. Fact
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
1795. Fact
It is illegal to frown at cows in Bladworth, Saskatchewan
1796. Body Facts
A smelly fart contains the same gas that makes rotten eggs stink – hydrogen sulphide.
1797. Fact
It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!
1798. Fact
It is impossible for a pig to look up at the sky.
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