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

5929. Fact

Forty is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. One is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

5930. Fact

The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet

5931. Fact

Aspirin was the first drug offered as a water-soluble tablet in 1900.

5932. Fact

Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

5933. Fact

Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds

5934. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called "Blackmail" and was made in 1931.

5935. Fact

The odds against a royal flush in poker are exactly 649,739 to 1.

5936. Fact

The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore. updated

5937. Fact

Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

5938. Fact

More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.

5939. Fact

A queen bee lays about 1,500 eggs on an average day.

5940. Fact

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons

5941. Fact

In the Scottish Hebrides, an island is defined as being an island only if it is big enough to sustain 1 sheep.

5942. Fact

An individual coral animal is called a polyp

5943. Fact

The BEAVER, is America's largest rodent and can remain underwater for 20 minutes!

Food Facts
Some prisoners have big appetites. Richard Beavers, executed in Texas in 1994, ate for his last meal: 6 pieces of French toast with butter and syrup, 6 barbecued spare ribs, 6 pieces of bacon (burnt), 4 scrambled eggs, 5 sausage patties, French fries with ketchup, 3 slices of cheese, 2 pieces of yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing and 4 cartons of milk.      .. More >>