Fact Book

5567. Fact

Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity

5568. Fact

Koala Bears are not bears.

5569. Fact

Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female

5570. Fact

Pinocchio was made of pine.

5571. Fact

The football huddle started at Gallaudet University (the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf) in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams were reading their signed messages and intercepting their plays.

5572. Fact

On average a business document is copied 19 times

5573. Fact

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%

5574. Fact

Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.

5575. Fact

There are more than 900,000 known species of insects in the world.

5576. Fact

People descended from the Scottish clan of Kerr are more likely to be left handed than any other ancestrial group.

5577. Fact

The rapid rate of expansion of gas is what gives steam its power. One volume of water, at normal atmospheric pressure and at the boiling point, yields 1,670 volume of steam.

5578. Fact

The word diastema is the word for having a gap between your teeth

5579. Fact

Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

5580. Fact

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs

5581. Fact

Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the United States.

5582. Fact

On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk

5583. Fact

Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

5584. Fact

South Africa used to have two official languages, now it has eleven.

5585. Fact

The are six fictional characters that have stars on Hollywood's 'Walk of Fame'.

5586. Fact

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does

5587. Fact

Dogs can't decifer size. Thats why little dogs are mean.

5588. Fact

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.

5589. Fact

The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world

5590. Fact

In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.

5591. Fact

The average chicken lays about 260 eggs a year.

5592. Fact

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes.

5593. Fact

The average home size in the United States is now 2,200 square feet, up from 1,400 square feet in 1970, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

5594. Fact

In Canada, men are three times more likely than women to have seen a doctor in the last year

5595. Fact

Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.

5596. Fact

Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs

5597. Fact

Only six baseball teams remain from the original National League, which was founded in 1876.

5598. Fact

An Estee Lauder perfume called Country Mist had disappointing sales in Germany where the word Mist was slang for manure!

5599. Fact

Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced

5600. Fact

The ostrich has two toes on each feet which gives it greater speed

5601. Animal Facts

A sting-ray has a special cap on the end of its tail which breaks off when it stings, allowing poison to pour out into the wound it's made in its victim.

5602. Fact

There are about 72 million worldwide users visiting adult web sites monthly.

5603. Fact

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.

5604. Fact

Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze

5605. Fact

The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.

5606. Fact

Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?

5607. Fact

In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll

5608. Fact

Hens can distinguish between all the colors of the rainbow.

5609. Fact

Roulette was invented by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal. It was a by-product of his experiments with perpetual motion.

5610. Fact

The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6 billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900 million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100 million+).

5611. Fact

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew marijuana on their plantations.

5612. Fact

The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles

5613. Fact

The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.

5614. Fact

Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon

5615. Fact

The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.

5616. Fact

Because of the speed at which the sun moves, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.