4346. Fact

¥ Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.

4347. Fact

Cats urine glows under a black light.

4348. Fact

Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life

4349. Fact

Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13

4350. Fact

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (a variety of the marijuana plant) paper.

4351. Fact

The art of knitting originated in Scotland.

4352. Fact

The oldest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar is Henry Fonda. He was 76 when he won it

4353. Fact

Oenophobia is the Fear of wines.

4354. Fact

In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year

4355. Fact

One pound of tea can make 300 cups of the beverage.

4356. Fact

The 1st US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) was enacted in 1909.

4357. Fact

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

4358. Fact

In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot

4359. Fact

In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass.

4360. Fact

The only English place that has a name that ends with an exclamation mark is Westward Ho!

4361. Fact

A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease.

4362. Fact

All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

4363. Fact

All the chemicals in a human body combined are estimated to be worth about 6.25 euro.

4364. Fact

Racecar driver Lee Petty once left a pitstop and did a full lap at Nascar with a pit crew member still on the hood

4365. Fact

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

4366. Fact

American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript

4367. Fact

A broken clock is right at least twice a day.

4368. Fact

The 1st personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale in 1977.

4369. Fact

Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.

4370. Fact

A hairbreadth away is 1/48 of an inch.

4371. Fact

In West Virginia you cannot fly a red flag in front of your house if you are disappointed in your sherrif.

4372. Fact

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball

4373. Fact

Elephants produce 50 pounds of manure every day.

4374. Fact

The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed

4375. Fact

German cockroaches can survive for up to one month without food and two weeks without water

4376. Fact

The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as Hollywoodland.

4377. Fact

Gigolo is a male prostitute.

4378. Fact

Eight positions are mentioned in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine. Only right field was left out.

4379. Fact

Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.

4380. Fact

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

4381. Fact

Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips

4382. Fact

In the St. Louis, MO area, the word hoosier is used as a slang term for what the rest of the country would describe as white trash, rednecks, or hillbillies.

4383. Fact

A study revealed that men that were born with a low birth weight were less likely to get married

4384. Fact

A chef's hat is tall and balloons at the top so as to counteract the intense heat in the kitchen. The unique shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool.

4385. Fact

People say bless you when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

4386. Fact

About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.

4387. Fact

1 and 2 are the only numbers where they are values of the numbers of the factors they have.

4388. Fact

A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year.

4389. Fact

The flavor we think of as bubblegum is a combination of wintergreen, vanilla and cassia, a form of cinnamon.

4390. Fact

Approximately 5% of 40-year-old men and 15-25% of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction.

4391. Fact

Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher.

4392. Fact

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands

4393. Fact

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

4394. Fact

Hard Bean means the coffee was grown at an altitude above 5000 feet.

4395. Fact

Books on religion outnumbered works of fiction by a 2 to 1 margin in 1870 England. Sixteen years later, novels surpassed religious works.

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