5265. Fact

The first Super Bowl was played in 1967. The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10.

5266. Fact

The Netherlands is the lowest country in the world. An estimated 40% of its land is below sea level.

5267. Fact

If your like Jeanne Calment and live over 100, you are considered a Centurian.

5268. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not only sweat by salivating. They also sweat through the poors on their feet.

5269. Fact

In England and the American colonies the year 1752 only had 354 days. In that year, the type of calendar was changed, and 11 days were lost.

5270. Fact

A group of larks is called an exaltation

5271. Fact

Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.

5272. Fact

A Canadian tattoo artist had 4,831 tattoos on his body.

5273. Fact

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.

5274. Fact

All polar bears are left handed

5275. Fact

The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.

5276. Fact

The letter most in use in the English language is E and the letter Q is least used.

5277. Fact

Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.

5278. Fact

Blue Peter pet, Petra the mongrel puppy, died two days after being introduced. A replacement was found

5279. Fact

The 1st time the f-word was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, I'll Never Forget Whatshisname. In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, Scarface, the word is spoken 206 times an average of once every 29 seconds.

5280. Fact

A honey bee has four wings

5281. Fact

All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room.

5282. Fact

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten

5283. Fact

Soil that is heated by geysers are now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland

5284. Fact

In Broken Arrow, Oklahoma pigs less than 32 inches in length may be kept as pets provided there are no more than two in a house.

5285. Fact

Sunday, July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, Edwin Aldrin was the second. They were members of Apollo 11, and landed in the Sea of Tranquility. The Lunar Excursion Module was named the Eagle. Michael Collins stayed onboard the mother ship, Columbia.

5286. Fact

Sea otters have the thickest fur of all animals.

5287. Fact

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

5288. Fact

Polar bears are left-handed

5289. Fact

The nut filbert got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures

5290. Fact

Due to the shortages of lead and metals during World War II, toothpaste was packaged in plastic tubes and have been ever since

5291. Fact

The 1988 move Big which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically

5292. Fact

Broccoli was first introduced into France during the royal marriage of Catherine de Medici to Henry II of France

5293. Fact

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

5294. Fact

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

5295. Fact

A slug has four noses

5296. Fact

The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away

5297. Fact

One square mile of land contains more insects than total number of human beings on earth.

5298. Fact

Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second

5299. Fact

Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth

5300. Fact

The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out.

5301. Fact

Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.

5302. Fact

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

5303. Fact

Even if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your stomach

5304. Animal Facts

A giraffe has special valves in its arteries so that its blood can reach up to its head. Without them, it would need a heart as big as its whole body!

5305. Fact

Elizabeth the First suffered from anthophobia (a fear of roses).

5306. Fact

At Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Florida, on June 26, 1985, organist Wilbur Snapp played Three Blind Mice following a call by umpire Keith O'Connor. The umpire was not amused, and saw to it that Mr. Snapp was ejected from the game.

5307. Fact

The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased

5308. Animal Facts

Plagues of flying foxes (fruit bats) can destroy a fruit orchard in a single night.

5309. Fact

Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left. However, smells can be detected more accurately when made by the left nostril

5310. Fact

Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed wickies because they tended the lamps wick

5311. Fact

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

5312. Fact

Mosquitos usually don't fly in winds more than 10 mph.

5313. Fact

Google receives more than 200 million search queries a day, more than half of which come from outside the United States. Peak traffic hours to google.com are between 6 a.m. and noon PST, when more than 2,000 search queries are answered a second

5314. Fact

The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it

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