3020. Fact

Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km

3021. Fact

In one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year

3022. Fact

The sun's total lifetime as a star capable of maintaining a life-bearing Earth is about 11 billion years. Nearly half that time has passed.

3023. Fact

Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan.

3024. Fact

During one seven year period, Thomas Edison obtained approximately three hundred patents. In is whole life he obtained over one thousand patents.

3025. Fact

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe

3026. Fact

The condensed water vapor in the sky left behind by jets is called a contrail.

3027. Fact

Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny.

3028. Fact

Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.

3029. Fact

Penguins are not found in the North Pole.

3031. Fact

Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.

3032. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, there are almost no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years.

3033. Fact

The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin

3034. Fact

In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

3035. Fact

To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.

3036. Fact

Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent

3037. Fact

A quidnunc is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

3038. Fact

The linen bandages that were used to wrap Egyptian mummies averaged 1,000 yards in length.

3039. Fact

Identity crisis? About 10% of Jewish households have Christmas Trees.

3040. Fact

Queen Victoria used marijuana, to help relieve menstrual cramp pain

3041. Fact

Ghandi had the most extras of any movie ever made with about 300,000 people. The German movie Kolberg is second with 187,000.

3042. Fact

The first woman in Congress was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, in 1917.

3043. Fact

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E.

3044. Fact

Dark roasted coffees actually have LESS caffeine than medium roasts. The longer a coffee is roasted, the more caffeine burns off during the process.

3045. Fact

A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old

3046. Fact

Among teens 13-19 in the United States, girls account for over 50% of new HIV infections.

3047. Fact

Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

3048. Fact

20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.

3049. Fact

Humans are the only animals that use a smile as an emotional response.

3050. Fact

Females have a wider peripheral vision than males.

3051. Fact

Tea was so expensive when it was first brought to Europe in the early 17th century that it was kept in locked wooden boxes.

3052. Fact

To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow.

3053. Fact

Alligators can live for more than 100 years.

3054. Fact

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

3055. Fact

All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20

3056. Fact

If a crocodile loses his teeth it will always grow new ones to replace them.

3057. Fact

The board game Scrabble was originally called Criss Cross Words by inventor Alfred Butts

3058. Fact

In Bexley, Ohio Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

3059. Fact

In Massachusetts, it is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

3060. Fact

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

3061. Fact

Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

3062. Fact

The word maverick came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick

3063. Fact

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man can.

3064. Fact

Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.

3065. Fact

A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

3066. Fact

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

3067. Fact

In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.

3068. Fact

It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

3069. Fact

Dogs can hear sounds that you cant.

3070. Fact

It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.

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