4047. Fact

Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.

4048. Fact

An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.

4049. Fact

The disease-carrying mosquito, delivering encephalitis, the West Nile virus, malaria, and Dengue fever, is by far the deadliest beast in the animal world. The World Health Organization says mosquitos cause more than 2 million deaths a year worldwide.

4050. Fact

The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia - a Latin term meaning for example.

4051. Fact

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

4052. Fact

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons.

4053. Fact

The movie Cleopatra cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account

4054. Fact

¥ The 'You are here' arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator.

4055. Fact

Crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live.

4056. Fact

Cat urine glows under a black-light.

4057. Fact

Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

4058. Fact

Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -as Aristotle had -that the heart was the seat of intelligence.

4059. Fact

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

4060. Fact

Baseball's home plate is 17 inches wide.

4061. Fact

In Alabama it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.

4062. Fact

Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km.

4063. Fact

The metric system was to blame for the loss of the Mars Climate orbiter.

4064. Fact

Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay.

4065. Fact

Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

4066. Fact

The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

4067. Fact

There are six U.S. Presidents with the first name James: Madison, Monroe, Garfield, Buchanon, Carter, Polk.

4068. Fact

In Canada it's illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.

4069. Fact

The electric chair was invented by a dentist

4070. Fact

The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

4071. Fact

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot

4072. Fact

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

4073. Fact

The Stanley Cup came from the Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley. Stanley was a fan of hockey and presented a trophy to the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The amateur HNA would later become to NHL in 1917.

4074. Fact

Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining

4075. Fact

On November 29, 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

4076. Fact

Lee De Forest, the inventor of the radio tube, was tried for fraud in 1913. He was accused of tricking the public into buying stocks in his company, the Radio Telephone Company, by making absurd and deliberately misleading claims about the possibility of transmitting the human voice across the Atlantic Ocean.

4077. Fact

Prague consumes 3 times more beer than all the soft drinks combined.

4078. Fact

In the United States, every year about 15 people die from dog bites

4079. Fact

The only difference between brown eyes and every other colored eyes is that brown eyes have more pigment.

4080. Fact

For the 66% of American's who admit to reading in the bathroom, the preferred reading material is Reader's Digest.

4081. Fact

Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

4082. Fact

The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe

4083. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

4084. Fact

In North Caroline it is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

4085. Fact

The first movie to ever cost $100 million to make is Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991

4086. Fact

The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. It was adopted as the international signal for distress in 1912, and the Titanic struck the iceberg in April of that year.

4087. Fact

The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes

4088. Fact

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time they enters first grade.

4089. Fact

Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R

4090. Fact

From 1991 to 2007, the proportion of high school males with 4 or more female partners declined from 23% to 18%.

4091. Fact

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". If you buy a ticket on Monday you are a hundred times more likely to die before the draw is held on wednesday, than win the Jackpot. The plastic tips on shoelaces are called "aglets". Mor

4092. Fact

Sears Roebuck and Company was founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears, a former railroad worker turned watch salesman, and Alvah Roebuck, a watchmaker.

4093. Fact

The first shopping bag with handles was invented in 1918 by Walter Deubener.

4094. Fact

Apples are actually part of the rose family.

4095. Fact

Amtrak is the combination of the words American and Track

4096. Fact

The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana

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