Fact Book

1834. Fact
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

1835. Fact
J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.

1836. Body Facts
Roundworm is the most common gut parasite in the world. It looks rather like an earthworm, and you can catch it by eating food contaminated with faeces.

1837. Fact
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.

1838. Body Facts
Danish astronomer Tyco Brahe wore a metal nose because his own fell off after he suffered from the disease syphilis.

1839. Fact
Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.

1840. Body Facts
The longest tape worm ever found in a human was 33 metres (around 108 feet) long.

1841. Fact
Jimmy Hoffa's middle name is, appropriately, Riddle.

1842. Fact
John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off for $442,000

1843. Fact
John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

1844. Fact
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

1845. Fact
Jumbo jets use 4000 gallons of fuel to take off .

1846. Fact
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.

1847. Fact
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!

1848. Fact
Kangaroos can't walk backwards.

1849. Fact
Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.

1850. Fact
Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

1851. Fact
Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.

1852. Body Facts
A spot or pimple is caused by a waxy oil called sebum and tiny bits of dead skin collecting in a little hole in your skin. It goes black if it gets big enough to force your pore open and let air in. When bacteria start to eat away at the gunk, a red spot with nasty yellow pus inside grows.

1853. Fact
Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.

1854. Fact
Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.

1855. Fact
King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.

1856. Fact
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

1857. Fact
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.

1858. Fact
Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.

1859. Fact
Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.

1860. Fact
Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984).

1861. Fact
Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.

1862. Fact
Lee Harvey Osawald's body tag was auctioned off for $6,600

1863. Fact
Lee Harvey Oswald was dyslexic

1864. Fact
Left testicles usually hang lower than the right.

1865. Fact
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.

1866. Fact
Lemons have more sugar than oranges.

1867. Fact
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."

1868. Fact
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of 'Helen' on 'The Jeffersons'.

1869. Fact
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.

1870. Fact
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

1871. Fact
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.

1872. Fact
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.

1873. Fact
Levi Strauss didn’t call them jeans. He called them “waist overalls”.

1874. Fact
Li Hung-chang is the father of Chop Suey

1875. Fact
Life on Earth dates back 3.8 billion years.

1876. Fact
Lightning strikes somewhere about 6,000 times per second on Earth.

1877. Fact
Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!

1878. Fact
Linen is actually stronger when wet.

1879. Fact
Linen, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, sheep gut.

1880. Fact
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of 'Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom.'

1881. Fact
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Pornciuncula.

1882. Fact
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

1883. Fact
Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).

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