5386. Fact

Panama is the only place in the world where someone can see the sun rise on the Pacific Ocean and set on the Atlantic.

5387. Fact

Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality.

5388. Fact

¥ Eighteen per cent of all global carbon dioxide emissions are from cars.

5389. Fact

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

5390. Fact

During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

5391. Fact

Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.

5392. Fact

Quito in Ecuador, South America, is said to have the most pleasant climate in the world. It is called the 'Land of Eternal Spring.' The temperature rarely drops below 46 degrees Fahrenheit during the night, or exceed 72 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.

5393. Fact

Alfalfa sprouts and feta cheese contain bacteria that could be harmful to small children and pregnant women.

5394. Fact

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

5395. Fact

The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.

5396. Fact

The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665

5397. Fact

The precise geographical center of the North American continent is in a town called Rugby, North Dakota.

5398. Fact

The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.

5399. Fact

It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

5400. Animal Facts

Flies eat by vomiting up something they've eaten previously so that the chemicals in their vomit can start to dissolve the new meal. When it's sloppy, they suck it all up again. That's why it's a really bad idea to eat anything a fly's been sitting on!

5401. Fact

The first Super Bowl was broadcasted by two networks: CBS and NBC.

5402. Fact

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

5403. Fact

Leaving the water running while brushing your teeth can waste four gallons of water in a minute

5404. Fact

Butterflies smell with their feet

5405. Fact

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

5406. Fact

Flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome.

5407. Fact

Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks

5408. Fact

A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks.

5409. Fact

A snail can sleep for three years

5410. Fact

Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.

5411. Fact

Townsend Speakman of Philadelphia mixed fruit flavor with soda water in 1807, creating the first flavored soda pop, he called it Nephite Julep.

5412. Fact

Cows release 50 million metric tonnes of methane gas a year.

5413. Fact

Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century whose name was really Patience

5414. Fact

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

5415. Fact

7 out of 10 people believe in life after death

5416. Fact

Over 200 varieties of watermelons are grown in the U.S

5417. Fact

Germany produces more than 5,000 varieties of beer and has about 1,300 breweries in country

5418. Fact

At the beginning of the year 2001 all Canadian cigarette packaging will depict graphic images of rotting teeth and deteriorating organs.

5419. Fact

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

5420. Fact

Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of French fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort.

5421. Fact

The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four

5422. Fact

70% of the poor people in the world are female

5423. Animal Facts

Electric eels can deliver a shock of 500 volts to stun their dinner into submission.

5424. Fact

Chameleons can reel in food from a distance as far away as more than two and a half times their body lengths.

5425. Fact

The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.

5426. Fact

Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world

5427. Fact

In ancient Egypt, the only person who was allowed to wear cotton was the High Priest

5428. Fact

Cotton crops can be sprayed up to 40 times a year making it the most chemical-intensive crop in the world

5429. Fact

Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung

5430. Fact

Behram, an Indian thug, holds the record for most murders by a single individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece of yellow and white cloth, called a ruhmal. The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary

5431. Fact

The largest movie theater in the world, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, opened in December, 1932. It originally had 5,945 seats.

5432. Fact

There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

5433. Fact

In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full revolutions

5434. Fact

Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.

5435. Fact

The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high

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