Fact Book

Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system

Two in every three car buyers pays the sticker price without arguing.

Hondas and Toyotas are the most frequently stolen passenger cars because they have parts that can be readily exchanged between model years without a problem.

4195. Fact

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

4196. Fact

Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding his business to include cow dung wrist watches

4197. Fact

The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.

4198. Fact

49% of men report that a woman's sense of humor is a big turn on.

4199. Fact

A real estate agent s rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.

4200. Fact

There are over 600 different pasta shapes

4201. Fact

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

4202. Fact

Seattle passed an ordinance that states that goldfish could ride the city buses in bowls only if they kept still.

4203. Fact

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.

4204. Fact

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

4205. Fact

An unusually low sperm count is known as oligospermia, and the absence of any sperm from the semen is termed azoospermia.

4206. Fact

During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.

4207. Fact

85.7% of statisics are made up.

4208. Fact

The bands on hats trace back to the custom of knights wearing their lady loves' scarves around their helmets.

4209. Fact

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

4210. Fact

Carpet slippers were created by thrifty housewives who found other uses for old, worn-out pieces of carpet.

4211. Fact

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.

4212. Fact

The Venus flytrap feeds primarily on ants, not flies.

4213. Fact

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

4214. Fact

The soundtrack to Oklahoma was the first album to sell one million copies on August 18, 1958.

4215. Fact

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters

4216. Fact

The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

4217. Fact

One in five Americans move homes every year

4218. Fact

Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.

4219. Fact

Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages

4220. Fact

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

4221. Fact

When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres

4222. Fact

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a calf or sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal.

4223. Fact

Montreal was named after a local mountain Mont Royal.

4224. Fact

In Mel Brooks''Silent Movie,'mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

4225. Fact

The Pantheon is the largest building from ancient Rome that survives intact.

4226. Fact

Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes

4227. Fact

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

4228. Fact

President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day

4229. Fact

Another way to say every 9 years is Novennial

4230. Fact

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface.

4231. Fact

In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day

4232. Fact

The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.

4233. Fact

The top selling song of all time is Elton John's tribute to the late Princess Diana. Candle in the Wind 1997 has sold over 35 million copies worldwide

4234. Fact

Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country

4235. Fact

In Alaska, it is illegal to look at a moose from a flying vehicle.

4236. Fact

On average, 35 meters of hair fibre is produced on the adult scalp

4237. Fact

In 1920, Eugene Debs, a Socialist, received 920,000 votes for president of the United States even though he ran his entire campaign from prison.

4238. Fact

56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball games each year.

4239. Fact

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.