Fact Book

Sea otters have the thickest fur of all animals.

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

5315. Fact

In Idaho walking along the street with a red-tipped cane is strictly prohibited.

5316. Fact

The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird

5317. Animal Facts

A cockroach can withstand more than 120 times the force of the Earth's gravity – an astronaut passes out at 12 times the pressure of gravity.

5318. Fact

Dragonfly larvae develop under the water and eject water from their anus to propel them for short distances.

5319. Fact

Astronauts grow taller in space.

5320. Fact

Carob trees do not produce fruit until they are seventy years old.

5321. Fact

The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933

5322. Fact

You will have to walk 80 kilometers for your legs to equal the amount of exercise your eyes get daily.

5323. Fact

Sometime around 1050 some English boys looking for a diversion blew up an old cow bladder and began to kick it around. The new game would go on to be called soccer.

5324. Fact

At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a piece of music in half an hour

5325. Fact

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.

5326. Fact

The state flower of Texas is the Bluebonnet; the state tree is a pecan.

5327. Fact

¥ Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants.

5328. Fact

The South Pole is covered with 8,850 feet of solid ice.

5329. Fact

A chicken is 75% water