3186. Fact

Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.

3187. Fact

The infinite sign is called a lemniscate.

3188. Fact

Take your height and divide by eight. That s how tall your head is.

3189. Fact

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

3190. Fact

Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman's tie.

3191. Fact

In Florida failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal.

3192. Fact

Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.

3193. Fact

Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.

3194. Fact

Bart Simpson's voice on the Simpsons is actually done by a woman, Nancy Cartwright.

3195. Fact

The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts.

3196. Fact

The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together

3197. Fact

Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.

3198. Fact

The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

3199. Fact

The first triple jump in figure skating competition was performed by Dick Button in 1952.

3200. Fact

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

3201. Fact

Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.

3202. Fact

It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.

3203. Fact

Cats are the most popular pets in the United States

3204. Fact

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant

3205. Fact

Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution.

3206. Fact

¥ Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.

3207. Fact

Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937.

3208. Fact

In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios

3209. Fact

Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin

3210. Fact

Over 5 million people in Brazil are employed by the coffee trade. Most of those are involved with the cultivation and harvesting of more than 3 billion coffee plants.

3211. Fact

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

3212. Fact

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures.

3213. Fact

Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day.

3214. Fact

The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet high.

3215. Fact

Zipporah was the wife of Moses.

3216. Fact

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

3217. Fact

The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.

3218. Fact

Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.

3219. Fact

The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years

3220. Fact

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet

3221. Fact

The maximum length allowed for a baseball bat in the major leagues is 42 inches.

3222. Fact

Vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.

3223. Fact

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935

3224. Fact

A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

3225. Fact

The word honcho comes from a Japanese word meaning squad leader and first came into usage in the English language during the American occupation of Japan following World War II.

3226. Fact

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites

3227. Fact

A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

3228. Fact

On average, there is about three molecules of ozone for every 10 million air molecules.

3229. Fact

Over 80% of professional boxers have suffered brain damage.

3230. Fact

In the United States, you are more likely to be killed by a bee sting than a shark attack

3231. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking.

3232. Fact

A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds

3233. Fact

Tokyo is the largest city by population (35million), followed by New York (21 million), then by Seoul (21 million), then Mexico City (20 million).

3234. Fact

It was during World War II that clothes with elastic waists were introduced. This is because the metal used in zippers was badly needed for the war

3235. Fact

Mushrooms have no chlorophyll so they don't need sunshine to grow and thrive. Some of the earliest commercial mushroom farms were set up in caves in France during the reign of King Louis XIV (1638-1715).

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