Fact Book - General Knowledge 1853

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

King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.

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

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

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

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

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

Lee Harvey Oswald was dyslexic

Left testicles usually hang lower than the right.

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

Lemons have more sugar than oranges.

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

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

Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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

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

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

Li Hung-chang is the father of Chop Suey

Life on Earth dates back 3.8 billion years.

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

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

Linen is actually stronger when wet.

Linen, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, sheep gut.

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

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

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."

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

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.

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.

Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida!

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

Makes sense: Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.

Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.

1891. Body Facts

It can take up to two days for food to pass through your body from going in your mouth to coming out your bottom.

Malcolm X's real name is Malcolm Little.

Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.

Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.

Males sweat 40% more than females.

Mammal rule of thumb: in just about every species, the female lives longer than the male.

Man is the only animal that cries.

Many people think that the clock in the Houses Of Parliment is called 'Big Ben.' Actually, the nickname 'Big Ben' originally applied to the huge bell in the clock, not to the clock itself.

March 9th is Useless Facts and Trivia day.

Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school.

Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.

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