4618. Fact

There are only four words in the English language that end in -dous: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

4619. Fact

Armadillos along with humans are the other creatures that can contract leprosy.

4620. Fact

The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child

4621. Fact

Turtles can breathe through their butts

4622. Fact

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

4623. Fact

In 1945 a computer at Harvard malfunctioned and Grace Hopper, who was working on the computer, investigated, found a moth in one of the circuits and removed it. Ever since, when something goes wrong with a computer, it is said to have a bug in it.

4624. Fact

A duckðs quack doesnðt echo, and no one knows why

4625. Fact

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.

4626. Fact

A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side

4627. Fact

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

4628. Fact

¥ From 1942 until the end of World War II, Oscars were made out of plaster to conserve metal. After the war, the winners received real replacement statues.

4629. Fact

A horse can sleep standing up.

4630. Fact

The famous ship Old Ironsides actually had wooden sides.

4631. Fact

After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower

4632. Animal Facts

Cat urine glows in the dark (but it has to be very dark, if you're thinking of testing it).

4633. Fact

Snails breathe through their feet.

4634. Fact

An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes

4635. Fact

Barbara Bush's book about her English Springer Spaniel, Millie's book, was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. Millie was the most popular First Dog in history.

4636. Animal Facts

Vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood every day.

4637. Fact

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls in the morning. Her doctor told her it would help improve her memory.

4638. Fact

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet

4639. Fact

Scientists are now able to grow 'beating'heart tissue in a lab.

4640. Fact

Many of the stars that were in the Poltergeist Trilogy had strange deaths

4641. Fact

The five interlocking Olympic rings are black, blue, red, green, and yellow because at least one of these colors appears on every national flag.

4642. Fact

Eliminates static electricity from your television screen.

4643. Fact

In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.

4644. Fact

Boxing champion Gene Tunney taught Shakespeare at Yale University

4645. Fact

On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom The Hank McCune Show.

4646. Fact

Ants don't sleep

4647. Fact

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

4648. Fact

Koalas have twin thumbs.

4649. Fact

The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces

4650. Fact

In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view.

4651. Fact

One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people

4652. Fact

Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC.

4653. Fact

"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.

4654. Fact

There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses

4655. Fact

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order

4656. Fact

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the most common job in the United States in the 1890s was a farmer. Today, it' a salesman.

4657. Animal Facts

An elephant produces 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of faeces every day.

4658. Fact

Bees and dogs can smell fear.

4659. Fact

In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married

4660. Fact

A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.

4661. Animal Facts

When a viper fish wants to eat a large meal, it moves all its internal organs towards its tail to make more room inside it for food.

4662. Fact

The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

4663. Fact

Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

4664. Fact

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum

4665. Fact

The name for the middle part of the nose (the part that separates the nostrils) is called a chaffanue.

4666. Fact

Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

4667. Fact

February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis

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