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

4098. Fact

In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water

4099. Fact

The average Super Bowl party has 18 people

4100. Fact

A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times in one second or over 5000 times a minute.

4101. Fact

It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation

4102. Fact

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

4103. Fact

A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas.

4104. Fact

The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat

4105. Fact

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

4106. Fact

Minnows have teeth located on a bone in their throat

4107. Fact

The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii

4108. Fact

North America was called Turtle Island by the Delaware Indians.

4109. Fact

Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in

4110. Fact

A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack

4111. Fact

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles."

4112. Fact

The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding

4113. Fact

The Aztecs of Mexico roasted and ground up the cacao bean, mixed it with water, added peppers and other spices, stirred it up to a froth and drank the pungent mixture they called chocolate.

4114. Fact

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic

4115. Fact

In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.

4116. Fact

It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats

4117. Fact

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

4118. Fact

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic games while hosting the event

4119. Fact

When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.

4120. Fact

The fastest shark is the Shortfin Mako, which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour

4121. Fact

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

4122. Fact

The Top 10 grossing movies of the 1990s each earned at least $500 million worldwide and brought in a combined total of over $7 billion.

4123. Fact

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

4124. Fact

Jacksonville, Florida, has the largest total area of any city in the United States.

4125. Fact

There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink

4126. Fact

Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.

4127. Fact

In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach

4128. Fact

Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse

4129. Fact

Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac

4130. Fact

In 1920, 57% of Hollywood movies billed the female star above the leading man. In 1990, only 18% had the leading lady given top billing.

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