3606. Fact

The phrase sleep tight originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope.

3607. Fact

The longest river in the world, the Nile, is 4,145 miles long.

3608. Fact

250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S

3609. Fact

About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.

3610. Fact

Until 1857, any foreign coins made of precious metal were legal tender in the United States.

3611. Fact

There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal markers to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station

3612. Fact

Brazil is the location of the worlds widest road. 160 cars can drive side by side.

3613. Fact

In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.

3614. Fact

In Miami, it's illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

3615. Fact

In Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling their goods while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at passing vehicles.

3616. Fact

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

3617. Fact

A wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a hurricane.

3618. Fact

Forks weren't widely used in the United States until the 1800s.

3619. Fact

The creators of a new model of Chevys couldn't figure out why their car, the Nova, wasn't selling well in Hispanic countries... until someone pointed out that 'Nova' means 'No go' in Spanish.

3620. Fact

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.

3621. Fact

Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer

3622. Fact

Pepper was sold as individual grains during the Elizabethan times. The guards at the London docks had to sew up their pockets so they would not steal any of the pepper

3623. Fact

There have been close to 200 coups and counter-coups in the country of Bolivia

3624. Fact

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, andBudweiser, in that order.

3625. Fact

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

3626. Fact

2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month.

3627. Fact

Iceland has no railway system or army.

3628. Fact

If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously.

3629. Fact

The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13 1981 and continued until September 16 1983 and lasted for 978 days

3630. Fact

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

3631. Fact

Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.

3632. Fact

Captain Cook lost 41 of his 98 crew to scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized, and lemon juice was issued on all British Navy ships.

3633. Fact

In Scituate, Rhode Island it is illegal to keep a flock of chickens in your motorhome if you live in a trailer park.

3634. Fact

Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine and the trial costs.

3635. Fact

In ancient Egypt they paid their taxes in honey.

3636. Fact

In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed

3637. Fact

The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.

3638. Fact

In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily

3639. Fact

The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online

3640. Fact

A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly

3641. Fact

Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida

3642. Fact

It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star

3643. Fact

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

3644. Fact

In Nicholas County, West Virginia, no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.

3645. Fact

Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named Franklin V. Canning

3646. Fact

The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to the eye by a mascara wand

3647. Fact

A millipede has 4 legs on each segment of its body.

3648. Fact

Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

3649. Fact

Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off .

3650. Fact

The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day

3651. Fact

All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her.

3652. Fact

During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.

3653. Fact

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia

3654. Fact

The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.

3655. Fact

Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933. The first men to use FM radio to communicate with Earth from the moon's surface were named Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

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