3343. Fact

The reason why the very beginning of The Wizard of Oz is black and white, is because color was not available at that point. When color was available, the writers decided to start using it in Munchkinland.

3344. Fact

Red paint is the cheapest color to make.

3345. Fact

Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book. Click Here For More Details

3346. Fact

Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion

3347. Fact

Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky

3348. Fact

The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.

3349. Fact

On average, a person has two million sweat glands

3350. Fact

The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea

3351. Fact

Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.

3352. Fact

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star

3353. Fact

For five years, Webster's dictionary contained a definition of the word dord, a word that has never actually existed.

3354. Fact

According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.

3355. Fact

Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

3356. Fact

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses

3357. Fact

The largest employer in Central Florida is Walt Disney World. There are approximately 50,000 people working there

3358. Fact

Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails

3359. Fact

The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.

3360. Fact

All mammals have tongues.

3361. Fact

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac.

3362. Fact

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously

3363. Fact

Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet

3364. Fact

1904 was the first time that the Olympic Games were held in the United States (St Louis, MO).

3365. Fact

A pied-billed grebe is called a peebeegeebee by birdwatchers.

3366. Fact

Armadillos can get leprosy.

3367. Fact

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

3368. Fact

There are 1,218 peanuts in a single 28 ounce jar of Jif peanut butter.

3369. Fact

The first known American novelist to hand in a manuscript that was typed was Mark Twain. His typewriter was a Remington No.1, which was invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.

3370. Fact

In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'"

3371. Fact

Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches, lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring

3372. Fact

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.

3373. Fact

A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn a day.

3374. Fact

If the sun stopped shining suddenly, it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of the fact.

3375. Fact

¥ It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

3376. Fact

William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub

3377. Fact

The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.

3378. Fact

In Rochester, Michigan, anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit inspected by a police officer.

3379. Fact

The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in three months is enough to rebuild all American commercial planes

3380. Fact

In 1976, fourteen banks merged to form a bank credit card called Mastercharge. This was later renamed to what is now know as Mastercard.

3381. Fact

When the temperature drops, the eyesight reaction time of insects (like the dragonfly and some animals like tortoises) decrease and thats why they can be caught early in the morning or at night by predators like birds whose eyesight reaction times are unaffected by temperature.

3382. Fact

Pineapples were first called anana, which is Caribbean for excellent fruit.

3383. Fact

Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S

3384. Fact

Irving Berlin has never learned to read music or to write it. He hums or sings his songs to a secretary, who takes them down in musical notation.

3385. Fact

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?.

3386. Fact

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

3387. Fact

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

3388. Fact

The setting sun is redder than the rising sun because the air at the end of the day is generally dustier than it is at the beginning of the day.

3389. Fact

Seeing eye dogs are color blind but can still read stop lights by the position of the 'on' light

3390. Fact

Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.

3391. Fact

The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.

3392. Fact

Eskimos don't gamble.

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