Fact Book
5440. Fact
Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington.
5441. Fact
Of the 206 bones in the human body, 52 are in the feet.
5442. Fact
Florida's beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually.
5443. Fact
The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long
5444. Fact
The number of atoms in a pound of iron is nearly five trillion trillion: 4,891,500,000,000,000,000,000,000.
5445. Fact
Chicago has hosted the most presidential conventions with 25. Fourteen have been Republican and 11 Democratic.
5446. Fact
A hedgehog's skin is so tough that when they get run over, its entrails come out of its mouth and its butt.
5447. Fact
There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands
5448. Fact
A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
5449. Fact
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
5450. Fact
A rattlesnake's fangs fold inward when its mouth is closed so it doesn't bite itself.
5451. Fact
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable
5453. Fact
It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced.
5454. Fact
Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw
5455. Fact
Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
5456. Animal Facts
The angler fish has a glowing blob attached to a spike at the front of its head. In the dark, deep sea the glowing blob attracts small prey which the angler fish then sucks in and gobbles up.
5458. Fact
In deep space most lubricants will disappear.
5459. Fact
The fragrance of flowers is due to the essences of oil which they produce.
5460. Animal Facts
Mosquitoes have been around for 200 million years.That's so long that even dinosaurs could have been bitten by them!
5462. Fact
Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants
5463. Fact
Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House
5464. Fact
If all numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, eight would be the first number. Zero would be the last number.
5465. Fact
In 1943, the July issue of Transportation Magazine had an article entitled 1943 Guide to Hiring Women.
5466. Fact
During the baseball rivalries between the two major leagues in the 1890s, the Pittsburgh Nationals took advantage of a technicality and signed a player away from another club. The Nationals' president, J. Palmer O'Neill, was called J. Pirate O'Neill, and his club became the Pittsburgh Pirates.
5467. Fact
The total number of Americans killed in the Civil War is greater than the combined total of Americans killed in all other wars.
5468. Fact
US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate on August 19, 1957. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
5469. Fact
African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.
5470. Fact
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
5471. Fact
Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
5472. Fact
In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
5473. Fact
One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
5474. Fact
In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit
5475. Fact
You burn more calories sleeping than watching television.
5476. Fact
Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world
5477. Fact
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum
5478. Fact
Kellogg?s started selling their most famous product, Corn Flakes, in 1906
5479. Fact
In North America, the breed of dog called the Doberman Pinscher is spelled with one n. But in Europe where it originated, it's spelled with 2. The man who bred for the Doberman spelled his last name (Dobermann) with 2 'n's as well.
5480. Fact
In gangster slang, a boxing match that is fixed is called a barney.
5481. Fact
A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.
5482. Fact
The smallest breed of dogs are the Chihuahuas.
5483. Fact
Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
5484. Fact
Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.
5485. Fact
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer
5486. Fact
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
5487. Fact
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.
5488. Fact
It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot
5489. Fact
The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment
5490. Fact
The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.
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