5194. Fact

In ancient Rome, people found guilty of murdering their fathers were executed in a bizarre manner. The punishment was to be put in a sack with a rooster, a viper, and a dog, then drowned along with all three animals.

5195. Fact

Chocolate melts in your mouth because cocoa butter has a melting point of just below 35 degrees C, a little under body temperature.

5196. Fact

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair

5197. Fact

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job.

5198. Fact

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

5199. Fact

It is against the law to have a pet in Iceland.

5200. Fact

The oldest person to live was Jeanne Louise Calment, she lived for a whopping 122 years until she died of smoking related complications.

5201. Fact

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

5202. Fact

A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.

5203. Fact

When the Titanic sunk there was 7,500 lbs. of ham on it.

5204. Fact

Chocolate and wine are strong aphrodisiacs.

5205. Fact

Another name for licorice is Sweet Wood or Spanish Juice.

5206. Fact

The first reference to a monetary prize in a horse race was offered by Richard I in 1195.

5207. Fact

Most honey bees die after stinging people as our skin is elastic, unsuitable for their stingers which are meant for harder inelastic skins. Their venom glands are also torn out in the process.

5208. Fact

There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic

5209. Animal Facts

Slugs are attracted to beer; some gardeners trap them by putting out bowls of beer which the slugs fall into. They get drunk and drown. The slugs, not the gardeners!

5210. Fact

The word witch comes from the word wicca which translates to the wise one.

5211. Fact

In Albania nodding the head means no and shaking the head means yes.

5212. Fact

An average person consumes the equivalent of 26 gallons of milk a year, including almost 28 pounds of cheese

5213. Fact

Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa

5215. Fact

If it isn t moving a frog can t see it. If the frog cant see it, he won't eat it.

5216. Fact

Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.

5217. Fact

The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room

5218. Fact

Forty percent of Americans have never visited a dentist.

5219. Fact

In 2002, dogs have killed more people in the U.S. than the Great White shark has killed in the past 100 years

5221. Fact

In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip

5222. Animal Facts

The face fly feeds on the mucus produced in a cow's eyes and nostrils.

5223. Fact

There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger

5224. Fact

Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill

5225. Fact

The largest painting in the world is The Battle of Gettysburg, painted in 1883 by Paul Philippoteaux and sixteen of his assistants. The painting took two and a half years to create and is 410 feet long, 70 feet high, and weighs 11,792 pounds.

5226. Fact

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple

5227. Fact

Smith is the most common last name in the United States. A little over 1% of all Americans share that last name.

5228. Fact

The X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X

5229. Fact

A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word.

5230. Fact

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast.

5231. Fact

One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

5232. Fact

The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.

5233. Fact

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

5234. Fact

The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda.

5235. Fact

Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

5236. Fact

Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.

5237. Fact

Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.

5238. Fact

Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha, Nebraska.

5239. Fact

Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories

5240. Fact

An estimated 690 million people live in Africa

5241. Fact

Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies

5242. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.

5243. Fact

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed (paw).

5244. Fact

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of milk chocolate.

5245. Fact

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive, so much so that they will set off an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

Invention
Invention : computer, electronic digital
Year : 1939
Inventor : john v. atanasoff, clifford e. berry
Country : us.      .. More >>