Fact Book

5689. Fact

The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate

5690. Fact

315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

5691. Fact

Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph

5692. Fact

Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character

5693. Fact

It is illegal to say Oh, Boy in Jonesboro, Georgia.

5694. Fact

In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

5695. Fact

During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back

5696. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

5697. Fact

The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

5698. Animal Facts

A maggot doesn't have teeth – it oozes a kind of spit called ferment onto its food. This dissolves the food, and the maggot then sucks it up.

5699. Fact

Starfish eat by regurgitating their stomach on top of their food. If they dont like what they are eating they detach the stomach and grow a new one.

5700. Fact

A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

5701. Fact

The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

5702. Fact

Women smile more than men do

5703. Fact

Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.

5704. Animal Facts

Only female mosquitoes bite and suck blood – they need the protein in blood so that they can lay eggs. The males only eat nectar from flowers.

5705. Fact

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario

5706. Fact

All snakes on the island of Tasmania are poisonous.

5707. Fact

Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg

5708. Fact

All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.

5709. Fact

The equatorial bulge of the earth does not rest along the equator. The highest point of the bulge is actually located 25 feet to the south.

5710. Fact

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak

5711. Fact

Chedder cheese is the best selling cheese in the USA

5712. Fact

A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

5713. Fact

The amount of Kit Kat chocolate bars that are made at the York factory every 15 minutes are enough to outstack the Eiffel Tower

5714. Fact

BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts

5715. Fact

Bill Gates'house was designed using a Macintosh computer.

5716. Fact

David Wolf was the first person to cast an absentee ballot from space. In November 1997, he cast a vote via e-mail for the mayor of Houston while onboard the space station Mir.

5717. Animal Facts

Bracken Cave in Texas is home to 20 million bats. The floor is caked in a thick layer of bat faeces.

5718. Fact

In all of Shakespeare's works and excluding Roman numerals only one word begins with the letter X. Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates, appears in The Taming of the Shrew.

5719. Fact

Almost all Jewish and Muslim males in the world are circumcised, and together they account for about 70% of all circumcised males globally.

5720. Fact

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

5721. Fact

In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria

5722. Fact

In the great fire of London in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

5723. Fact

Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows

5724. Animal Facts

The bluebottle and greenbottle flies common in houses lay their eggs in rotting meat, dead animals and animal faeces.

5725. Fact

315 words in the 1996 Webster's dictionary were mispelled.

5726. Fact

Rats are omnivorous, eating nearly any type of food, including dead and dying members of their own species.

5727. Fact

The title role of Dirty Harry, 1971, was originally intended for Frank Sinatra. After he refused, it was offered to John Wayne, and then Paul Newman, finally being accepted by Clint Eastwood.

5728. Fact

Toilets in Australia flush counter clockwise.

5729. Fact

George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory

5730. Fact

40% of men report they like the missionary position the best, while 20% prefer the doggy style.

5731. Fact

La Paz, Bolivia is the highest capital city in the world.

5732. Fact

LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus

5733. Fact

It has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer