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

4576. Fact

Cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw

4577. Fact

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific

4578. Fact

A scientist who weighed people immediately before and after death concluded that the human soul weighs 21 gms.

4579. Fact

In the next seven days, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewelry.

4580. Fact

No one knows who designed the first American Flag.

4581. Fact

Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television in 1956. He sang "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" on "The Dorsey Brothers Show".

4582. Fact

Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

4583. Fact

In Alderson, West Virginia, it is illegal to walk a lion, tiger or leopard in the city limits, even it is on a leash.

4584. Fact

The Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 baseball season by losing the first 21 games and 107 altogether for the entire season

4585. Fact

In 1929, the Coca-Cola slogan was The Pause That Refreshes.

4586. Fact

Squirrels eat through 40,000 pine cones a year.

4587. Fact

If you are having problems remembering the planets in their correct order, just remember this sentance My very educated mother justed served us nine pickles, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupitor, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

4588. Fact

No 2 cornflakes are identical.

4589. Fact

Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.

4590. Fact

Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.

4591. Fact

If you lock your knee while standing long enough, you will pass out.

4592. Fact

The Food and Drug Administration says the most common injury from cosmetics comes from scratching the eye with a mascara wand

4593. Fact

Rodents teeth never stop growing.

4594. Fact

Greece and Australia are the only countries to participate in all of the modern Olympics.

4595. Fact

If all the insects in the world were put on a scale, they would out weigh all creatures

4596. Fact

Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore, died a few months before the project was completed. It took him 14 years.

4597. Fact

Armadillos breed in July, but get pregnant in November after delaying implantation. This allows the young to be born during the spring when there is an abundance of food

4598. Fact

Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.

4599. Fact

The only member of the British House of Commons who is not allowed to speak is the man called the Speaker of the House.

4600. Fact

Virginia law forbids bathtubs in the house; tubs must be kept in the yard.

4601. Fact

Penguins feathers are covered in fat, which helps keep them warm.

4602. Fact

The word maverick came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.

4603. Fact

The average per capita consumption of soap, in all of its uses, in the United States is about forty pounds per year.

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