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).

1884. Fact

Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

1885. Fact

Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.

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