4526. Fact

A whole library floor of books can be stored on 50 Gigabytes.

4527. Fact

Most snakes have six rows of teeth

4528. Fact

In 1884, Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher invented the milk bottle.

4529. Fact

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf

4530. Fact

A cat has four rows of whiskers.

4531. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body

4532. Fact

The mola mola or ocean sunfish lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time.

4533. Fact

The snake can see through its eye lids when its eyes are closed

4534. Fact

Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

4535. Fact

The average office document gets copied 19 times

4536. Fact

Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.

4537. Fact

The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.

4538. Fact

The average fox weighs 14 pounds.

4539. Fact

Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit.

4540. Fact

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game

4541. Fact

Singer Chaka Khan came out with a line of chocolates called Chakalates.

4542. Fact

Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards

4543. Animal Facts

When a fish called the Pacific grenadier is pulled out of the sea by fishermen, the change in pressure makes gas inside it expand quickly and its stomach pops out of its mouth.

4544. Fact

One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

4545. Fact

The model of King Kong used in the original movie was only 18 inches tall.

4546. Fact

An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year.

4547. Fact

The Kool Aid Man used to be known as Pitcher Man when he was first introduced in 1975

4548. Fact

Babe Ruth was able to throw two baseballs in such a way that the balls remained parallel to each other all the way from his hand to the catcher's glove. Ruth was famous for this stunt and would demonstrate it on request.

4549. Fact

The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons

4550. Fact

Eating breakfast will help you burn 5-20% more calories throughout the day.

4551. Fact

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks.

4552. Fact

In Atlanta, GA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

4553. Fact

Strawberries are a member of the rose family

4554. Fact

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867

4555. Fact

In ancient Greece the custom of allowing a condemned man to end his own life by poison was extended only to full citizens. Condemned slaves were instead beaten to death.

4556. Fact

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

4557. Fact

In the summer of 1858, the smell of the sewage in the Thames River in London was so bad that the Members of Parliament had to leave from the chamber of the House of Commons. This was a result of two million people dumping all their sewage into the river

4558. Fact

The average person grows up to 6 feet of nose hair.

4559. Fact

It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.

4560. Fact

Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces

4561. Fact

80% of millionaires drive used cars.

4562. Fact

Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus

4563. Fact

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world

4564. Fact

Horses can sleep while standing upright.

4565. Fact

Penguins can leap to heights as high as six feet.

4566. Fact

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side.

4567. Fact

In 1960 there were 16,067 gambling slots in Nevada. By 1999, this number rose to 205,726 slots which would be one slot for every 10 people residing there

4568. Fact

The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles

4569. Fact

The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, the Siberian tiger has the least.

4570. Fact

Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago

4571. Fact

The average Hostess Twinkie is 68 percent air as measured by volume according to university researchers

4572. Fact

Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984).

4573. Fact

The Sea of tranquility is found on the moon.

4574. Fact

The Great Lakes are Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

4575. Fact

The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max

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