5630. Fact

Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years

5631. Fact

Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.

5632. Fact

Studies have shown that by putting on slow background music it can make a person eat food at a slower rate

5633. Fact

Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players

5634. Fact

Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

5635. Fact

More than 100 pizza box-related patents have been issued since 1976.

5636. Fact

On average people fear spiders more than they do death

5637. Fact

Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit

5638. Fact

Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.

5639. Animal Facts

If an octopus loses a tentacle it can grow a new one.

5640. Fact

The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the gross.

5641. Fact

Teflon is the most slipperiest substance in the world

5642. Fact

A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar

5643. Fact

Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food

5644. Fact

There are some ice creams that are 75% air

5645. Fact

A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.

5646. Fact

Elephants are the only Mammals that can't jump.

5647. Fact

British scientists have found evidence that heart attacks increase significantly for people who watch soccer penalty shoot-outs

5648. Fact

Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: strength

5649. Fact

The yo-yo was introduced in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan. The toy was based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters.

5650. Fact

Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.

5651. Fact

In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner.

5652. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

5653. Animal Facts

Baby Komodo dragons will eat their brothers and sisters if they are hungry and there is no other food.

5654. Animal Facts

Crows are one of the few larger creatures that will eat rotting and putrid flesh.

5655. Fact

Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.

5656. Fact

The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'. It came from the author's friends, whom he called his fwendy (friend)

5657. Fact

Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process

5658. Fact

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.

5659. Fact

Paul Gauguin's Marquesas Island neighbor, Tioka, bit him on the head after he died. Tioka was following a Marquesan custom of verifying the dead.

5660. Fact

Bill Gates designed a traffic control system for Seattle when he was only 15.

5661. Fact

In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops

5662. Fact

In Oklahoma, people who make ugly faces at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

5663. Animal Facts

The axolotl is a pale amphibian that is part way between a tadpole and a lizard, and lives in a single lake in Mexico. Some axolotls change shape and become land creatures, but most don't ever change.

5664. Fact

Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

5665. Fact

Semen contains zinc, fructose, potassium, free amino acids, and fructose.

5666. Fact

The average person can live 11 days without water.

5667. Fact

The biggest disco ball in the world has a diameter of 2.41 meters and 137.89 kilograms. It also has 6,900 mirror squares on it

5668. Fact

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate

5669. Fact

Giant flying foxes, which are a type of bat, that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet

5670. Fact

Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.

5671. Fact

22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.

5672. Fact

The slowest trainee on the SEALs obstacle course must wear a pink T-shirt that reads, Always a Lady.

5673. Fact

Every year, the moon moves 1/2 an inch further from the earth.

5674. Fact

Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf .

5675. Fact

President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins.

5676. Fact

Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish between an ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails

5677. Fact

If a shark's mouth is open to long it will suffocate.

5678. Fact

By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing.

5679. Fact

Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to.

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