3078. Fact

Dana Carvey changed his name to Tom for 2 weeks because he thought Dana was a girl's name.

3079. Fact

Apples are more effecient than caffeine for waking you up in the morning.

3080. Fact

The first television broadcast of the Oscars took place in 1953, hosted by Bob Hope on NBC

3081. Fact

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a 6 foot-tall human jumping the length of 7 football fields

3082. Fact

The lunula is the half-moon shaped pale area at the bottom of finger nails.

3083. Fact

Red is the most popular car color in the U.S.

3084. Fact

Heinz first started making ketchup in 1876 and the recipe has remained the same ever since

3085. Fact

Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away

3086. Fact

James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang

3087. Fact

The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold

3088. Fact

You cannot sneeze with your eyes open.

3089. Fact

The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle

3090. Fact

Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.

3091. Fact

Girls have more tastebud than boys

3092. Fact

A kangaroo can jump up to 3 meters high and leap up to 8 meters.

3093. Fact

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.".

3094. Fact

The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing melanin which gives the hair colour

3095. Fact

Even though they broke up 25 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.

3096. Fact

Sea water weighs about a pound and a half more per cubic foot than fresh water at the same temperature.

3097. Fact

X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.

3098. Fact

The extended right arm of the Statue of Liberty is 42 feet long.

3099. Fact

In Spanish, the word hombre means: 'shoulder', 'man', and 'hat' all at the same time.

3100. Fact

A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks

3101. Fact

San Jose was the original capital of California

3102. Fact

It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.

3103. Fact

Dolphins sleep with one eye open

3104. Fact

Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

3105. Fact

There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.

3106. Fact

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

3107. Fact

The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893

3108. Fact

Every year, Burger King restaurants prepare over 950,000 pounds of bacon for their breakfast customers

3109. Fact

In the movie Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used for blood in the shower scene

3110. Fact

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person

3111. Fact

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

3112. Fact

Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.

3113. Fact

A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957

3114. Fact

Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem

3115. Fact

Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.

3116. Fact

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

3117. Fact

Portugal is the world's largest producer of cork.

3118. Fact

A vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags.

3119. Fact

Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book Historia de duobos amantibus in 1444.

3120. Fact

In Chinese dining, duck sauce is almost never used on duck.

3121. Fact

A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.

3122. Fact

Banana oil never saw a banana; it's made from petroleum.

3123. Fact

Pennies are made of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

3124. Fact

¥ Tokyo has had 24 recorded instances of people either killed or receiving serious skull fractures while bowing to each other with the traditional Japanese greeting.

3125. Fact

Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA

3126. Fact

US presidents who were survived by their fathers: John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.

3127. Fact

Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

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