2857. Fact

In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British

2858. Fact

An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long.

2859. Fact

Gender role is the role a person is expected to perform as a result of being male or female in a particular culture.

2860. Fact

During the US Civil war 200,000 blacks served in the Union Army; 38,000 gave their lives; 22 won the Medal of Honor.

2861. Fact

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines

2862. Fact

A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.

2863. Fact

The Angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

2864. Fact

A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

2865. Fact

The sloth moves so slowly that it's fur offers a comfortable environment for algae to grow.

2866. Fact

Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin

2867. Fact

In 1936, England became the first country in the world to provide regular public broadcasting on television.

2868. Fact

Cheese was first made in the Middle East when hunters became herders and realized that milk could solidify (sour milk).

2869. Fact

We blink our eyes once every six second i.e. in the course of a life time we blink about 250 million times.

2870. Fact

The fleshy projection above the bill of a turkey is called a snood.

2871. Fact

Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.

2872. Fact

There are 206 bones in the human body.

2873. Fact

Napoleon Bonaparte is the historical figure most often portrayed in movies. He has been featured in 194 movies, Jesus Christ in 152, and Abraham Lincoln in 137.

2874. Fact

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

2875. Fact

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.

2876. Fact

Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'.

2877. Fact

An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.

2878. Fact

Our galaxy has approximately 250 billion stars.

2879. Fact

Cheetahs were originally called Leopards.

2880. Fact

The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2881. Fact

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister

2882. Fact

-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

2883. Fact

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk or cafe au lait on cereal for breakfast

2884. Fact

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

2885. Fact

A male moth can smell a female moth from 100 yards away.

2886. Fact

Britons eat over 22,000 tonnes of french fries a week

2887. Fact

A leech is a worm that feeds on blood. It will pierce its victim's skin, fill itself with three to four times its own body weight in blood, and will not feed again for months. Leeches were once used by doctors to drain bad blood from sick patients.

2888. Fact

you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.

2889. Fact

Ants don t sleep.

2890. Fact

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.

2891. Fact

The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time

2892. Fact

The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour

2893. Fact

Before the 984 foot high Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was the tallest building in the world at 555 feet.

2894. Fact

In ancient Rome it was considerfed a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

2895. Fact

In Vulcan, Alberta Canada, the tourist welcome sign is written in both English and Klingon (alien language from "Star Trek").

2896. Fact

High Priests in ancient Egypt were the only ones who were allowed to wear garments made from cotton

2897. Fact

Judy Scheindlin (Judge Judy) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

2898. Fact

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.

2899. Fact

The ashes of the average cremated person weigh 9 pounds.

2900. Fact

An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.

2901. Fact

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service

2902. Fact

In 1950, UNIVAC became the first computer to tabulate the United States census.

2903. Fact

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

2904. Fact

The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds

2905. Fact

Jessica Tandy is the oldest winner of an Academy Award. She won the 1989 Best Actress award for Driving Miss Daisy at the age of 80 years and 9 months. She beat George Burns for that distinction by just a few months.

2906. Fact

The Beatles have sold more records than anyone else with over a billion worldwide

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