3745. Fact

A quarter of raw potato placed in each shoe at night will keep the leather soft and the shoes smelling fresh and clean.

3746. Fact

The first book published in the United States was Massachusetts Bay Colony: The Oath of a Free Man, in 1638.

3747. Fact

The longest word that can be typed on the top row of letters on a Qwerty keyboard is TYPEWRITER.

3748. Fact

In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.

3749. Fact

The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.

3750. Fact

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

3751. Fact

The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation

3752. Fact

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

3753. Fact

Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

3754. Fact

Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Nixon's Secretaries of State have won Noble Peace Prizes.

3755. Fact

In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset.

3756. Fact

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

3757. Fact

In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank.

3758. Fact

Muhammad is the most common name in the world.

3759. Fact

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.

3760. Fact

In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.

3761. Fact

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

3762. Fact

In Washington D.C. it is illegal to post a notice in public which calls another person a 'coward' for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.

3763. Fact

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

3764. Fact

Before jets, jet lag was called boat lag.

3765. Fact

Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.

3766. Fact

If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.

3767. Fact

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

3768. Fact

Ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.

3769. Fact

Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991. And, rightfully so

3770. Fact

It's been estimated that one out of every two hundred women is born with an extra nipple.

3771. Fact

From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas

3772. Fact

The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was Mary Kay and Johnny.

3773. Fact

Eddie Cochran's last recording before he died was Three Steps to Heaven.

3774. Fact

Cotton candy's original name was fairy fluff.

3775. Fact

Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918.

3776. Fact

The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday

3777. Fact

Male horseflies can fly over 90mph.

3778. Fact

Since its introduction in February 1935, more than two hundred million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide

3779. Fact

France is known as the perfume capital of the world

3780. Fact

Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918

3781. Fact

As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. Therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.

3782. Fact

The brightest star in history was the supernova of 1054, which formed the Crab Nebula. It was brighter than Venus and bright enough to be seen in daylight and to cast a shadow at night. We know about it through the astronomic records of China and Japan.

3783. Fact

If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.

3784. Fact

The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.

3785. Fact

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

3786. Fact

Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva

3787. Fact

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3788. Fact

On average, 81% of Americans 16 years of age and older watch television at least once in a day

3789. Fact

The average healthy human farts 16 times a day.

3790. Fact

In 4000 BC Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from the crushed shells of beetles.

3791. Fact

The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.

3792. Fact

The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm

3793. Fact

Mangos are known throughout the world as the King of Fruits.

3794. Fact

Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.

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