Fact Book

The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.

Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating

To avoid long encounters with the press, President Ronald Reagan often took reporters' questions with his helicopter roaring in the background.

4711. Fact

On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States

4712. Fact

About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

4713. Fact

The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles

4714. Fact

ABBA GOLD has been in the UK charts for over 280 weeks, thats over 5 years

4715. Fact

Human thighbones are as strong as concrete.

4716. Fact

A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

4717. Fact

In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult

4718. Fact

The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years.

4719. Fact

Grapes explode when cooked in the microwave.

4720. Fact

Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

4721. Fact

A full-grown pumpkin has about 15 miles of roots.

4722. Fact

The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.

4723. Fact

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

4724. Fact

A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.

4725. Fact

Donald Duck lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota.

4726. Fact

Elephants, lions, and camels roamed Alaska 12,000 years ago.

4727. Animal Facts

Rabbits partially digest the grass they eat and then excrete it as soft, gluey pellets. They then eat these to finish digesting their meal properly.

4728. Fact

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

4729. Fact

The longest reigning monarch in history was Pepi II, who ruled Egypt for 90 years; 2566 to 2476 BC. The second longest was France's Louis XIV, who ruled for 72 years, 1643 to 1715.

4730. Fact

In the Spanish Pyrenees, when a beekeeper dies, each of his bees is splashed with a drop of Black Ink.

4731. Fact

A myrmecologist studies ants

4732. Fact

There are about 34,000 species of spiders

4733. Fact

Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.

4734. Fact

Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States

4735. Fact

There are over 3,500 bras hanging behind the bar at Hogs and Heifers, a bar in Manhattan. So many, in fact, that they caused a beam to collapse in the ceiling.

4736. Fact

In Nags Headm North Carolina you can be fined for singing out of tune for more than ninety seconds.

4737. Fact

A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

4738. Fact

The biggest specie of apes are the gorillas.

4739. Fact

Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks

4740. Fact

Eggs sink in water when they are fresh and float when expired.

4741. Fact

The monogram RR for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.

4742. Fact

Francis Scott Key wrote the words to The Star-Spangled Banner on the back on an envelope. The music is from an old English drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven.

4743. Fact

One acre of wheat can produce enough bread to feed a family of four people for about ten years

4744. Fact

In ancient China people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

4745. Fact

No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black, and so far, none has been developed artificially.

4746. Fact

Thanks to the electric light, the average American today sleeps 1.5 hours less each day than Americans of 60 years ago.

4747. Fact

80% of arrested criminals are male.

4748. Fact

Tangerines are named after the Moroccan city of Tangiers.

4749. Fact

Brazil produces the most oranges in the world

4750. Fact

People living on the east coast prefer creamy peanut butter, while people living on the west coast prefer chunky peanut butter

4751. Fact

Babe Ruth hit his first major-league home run on May 6, 1915. He was playing for the Boston Red Sox at the time. 'The Sultan of Swat' went on to smash 714 round-trippers before he retired, as a New York Yankee, in 1935.

4752. Fact

Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout

4753. Fact

The Philippines has more than 1,000 regional dialects and two official languages.

4754. Fact

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

4755. Fact

According to one survey, 44% of adults have had a one-night stand.

4756. Fact

The MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas washes 15,000 pillowcases per day.

4757. Fact

Church of England has apologized to Charles Darwin 200 years after his birth