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

5734. Fact

Pigs have no sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool

5735. Fact

Singer Billy Joel tried to commit suicide when he was 21 by drinking furniture polish

5736. Fact

An average home creates more pollution than does the average car

5737. Fact

In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house

5738. Fact

In 1832 Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature, and lost.

5739. Fact

Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes

5740. Fact

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, and silver.

5741. Fact

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand

5742. Fact

The highest temperature ever recorded in the continental US was 134 degrees on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, California.

5743. Fact

Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.

5744. Fact

Gender identity is the gender one feels himself or herself to be, whether physiologically male or female.

5745. Fact

Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour

5746. Fact

Cows are usually found lying down before it starts to rain.

5747. Fact

Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined

5748. Fact

There are no public toilets in Peru.

5749. Fact

Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new

5750. Fact

The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina

5751. Fact

Potato chips are American's favorite snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

5752. Fact

In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.

5753. Fact

A drink used to be made by the Aztecs for the gods which had the ingredients of ground cocoa mixed in with spices and corn

5754. Fact

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.

5755. Fact

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony to be telecast was the 25th, in 1953.

5756. Fact

Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system

5757. Fact

Every eleven years the magnetic poles of the sun switch. This cycle is called Solarmax.

5758. Fact

The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams

5759. Fact

As of 1996, Hee Haw holds the record for the longest running weekly first-run syndicated show in the history of television. It spanned over 4 decades, from the late '60s to the early '90s, airing every Saturday night at 7:00.

5760. Fact

Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system

5761. Fact

Robert Southey wrote the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears in 1834

5762. Fact

The caduceus the classical medical symbol of two serpents wrapped around a staff comes from an ancient Greek legend in which snakes revealed the practice of medicine to human beings.

5763. Fact

The first coin minted in the United States was a silver dollar. It was issued on October 15, 1794.

5764. Fact

There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

5765. Fact

The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game: Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14th, 1990.

5766. Fact

Thomasville, North Carolina, prohibits airplanes from flying over the town on Sundays during the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

5767. Animal Facts

The naked mole rat is perhaps the ugliest mammal in the world. It looks like a wrinkly sausage with very short legs and huge, protruding teeth. It has no hair anywhere except the inside of its mouth.

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