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.

4131. Fact

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

4132. Fact

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill

4133. Fact

In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall

4134. Fact

One of the Bond girls in the James Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only, used to be a man

4135. Fact

There is over 70,000,000 rats in New York, That is an average of about 9 rats per person

4136. Fact

An elephant can smell water 3 miles away.

4137. Fact

When ants find food, they lay down a chemical trail, called a pheromone, so that other ants can find their way from the nest to the food source.

4138. Fact

There is a way of writing 1 by using all ten single-digit numbers at once: 148/296 + 35/70 = 1.

4139. Fact

The largest cultivated crop in the United States is corn

4140. Fact

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 18 inches per year.

4141. Fact

In an authentic Chinese meal, the last course is soup because it allows the roast duck entree to swim toward digestion.

4142. Fact

98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set

4143. Fact

In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge.

4144. Fact

There is a 6-foot tall stone monument dedicated to the cartoon character Popeye in Crystal City, TX. .

4145. Fact

On average, Americans spend $1300 on utility bills annually

4146. Fact

Until the time of Michelangelo, many sculptors colored their statues, and most from ancient Greece and Rome at one time had been painted or polychromed. Over the course of years, rain washed the colors off the marble.

4147. Fact

A honey bee travels an estimated 43,000 miles to gather one pound of honey. A pound of honey consists of 29,184 drops.

4148. Fact

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.

4149. Fact

Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China

4150. Fact

The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived.

4151. Fact

You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.

4152. Fact

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

4153. Fact

On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day

4154. Fact

A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.

4155. Fact

Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away

4156. Fact

The word vaccine comes from the Latin word vacca, which means cow. This name was chosen because the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy.

4157. Fact

For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier.

4158. Fact

When the moon is directly over your head, you weigh slightly less.

4159. Fact

Yahoo. was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.

4160. Fact

Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter

4161. Fact

Seventy-one percent of households report they have at least one snorer. Forty-five percent of those surveyed admit they snore, 35% said their partner snores, 12% said their child snores and 9% reported their pet snores

4162. Fact

Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds.

4163. Fact

Coffee beans are similar to grapes that produce wine in that they are affected by the temperature, soil conditions, altitude, rainfall, drainage, and degree of ripeness when picked.

4164. Fact

The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

4165. Fact

Wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles.

4166. Fact

A man's capacity to get and maintain an erection decreases gradually as he ages.

4167. Fact

The numbers " 72" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

4168. Fact

A newborn koala finds its way to the mother's pouch by following a trail of saliva.

4169. Fact

Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green colour

4170. Fact

The only U.S. president to be born on the fourth of July was Calvin Coolidge.

4171. Fact

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

4172. Fact

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

4173. Fact

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

4174. Fact

In the 20th century, over three million people have died from earthquakes

Invention
Invention : chocolate
Year : c. 3rd-10th century
Inventor : maya, aztecs
Country : central america, mexico.      .. More >>