5878. Fact

Humans are the only animals that can blush.

5879. Animal Facts

Chameleons can change their skin colour to hide themselves (camouflage) – but they also change colour according to mood. Some go grey when depressed.

5880. Fact

On December 17 1991, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 148-80, the largest margin of victory in an NBA game

5881. Fact

In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time

5882. Fact

Despite its reputation for being finicky, the average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.

5883. Fact

The earth is about 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons in weight

5884. Fact

Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.

5885. Fact

The Wizard of Oz was a Broadway musical 37 years before the MGM movie version was made. It had 293 performances and then went on a tour that lasted 9 years.

5887. Fact

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.

5888. Fact

Halfway, Oregon temporarily changed its name to half.com as a publicity stunt for the web site of the same name.

5889. Fact

The largest sculpture ever made are the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore.

5890. Fact

Those San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monuments.

5891. Animal Facts

Mosquitoes in the Arctic hatch when the snows thaw, sometimes making such large swarms they blot out the sun.

5892. Animal Facts

A pregnant scorpion will sometimes reabsorb its babies instead of giving birth to them.

5893. Fact

The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold

5894. Fact

An Octopus has 3 hearts.

5895. Animal Facts

A cockroach can survive being frozen in a block of ice for two days.

5896. Fact

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball

5897. Fact

New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.

5898. Fact

The first place winners at the first modern Olympics were awarded an olive branch and a silver medal. The runners-up received laurel sprigs and copper medals.

5899. Fact

The first woman to run for President was Victoria Woodhull, on the Equal Rights Party ballot in 1872.

5900. Fact

The high level of unemployment in Canada makes it one of the least popular destinations for illegal immigrants.

5901. Fact

The egg came first.

5902. Fact

Gweneth Paltrow's nickname for Steven Speilberg is Uncle Morty.

5903. Fact

The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.

5904. Fact

It takes 20 different muscles to form a kiss.

5905. Fact

A citizen of Calcutta, India , grew the fingernails on his left hand to a length of 76 inches.

5906. Fact

Bamboo can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

5907. Fact

Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green

5908. Fact

Although construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the spire was completed.

5909. Fact

In Pakistan, goats are often sacrificed to improve the performance of the stock market.

5910. Fact

There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.

5911. Fact

Barney, the famous dinosaur that entertains kids is from Dallas

5912. Fact

Whales die if their echo system fails.

5913. Fact

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk

5914. Fact

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

5915. Fact

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house

5916. Fact

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

5917. Fact

In the Andes, time is sometimes measured by how long it takes to chew a quid of coca leaf.

5918. Fact

Before 1917, goalies in hockey were not allowed to fall to the ice to make saves or else they were penalized.

5919. Fact

Halle Berry s stunt double, in the movie Catwoman, is a man.

5920. Fact

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king fromhistory. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne;and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

5921. Fact

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sportsgames (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after theMajorLeague All-Star Game.

5922. Fact

Apple pits contain cyanide.

5923. Fact

In Arizona, you cannot Drive past the same place more then 3 times in one hour. Its a law.

5924. Animal Facts

The caterpillar of the polyphemus moth in North America eats 86,000 times its own birthweight in the first 56 days of its life. It's equal to a human baby eating 270 tonnes (nearly 600,000 pounds) of food!

5925. Fact

There was a book written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic happened titled Futility by Morgan Robertson. This book was remarkably similar to the tragedy that happened to the Titanic in 1912

5926. Fact

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

5927. Fact

Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a fresh water lake. It is located in Canadian Lake Superior

5928. Fact

Every three seconds, a new baby is born

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