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!

5944. Animal Facts

The deep-sea gulper eel can eat fish larger than itself. It can open its mouth so wide that its jaw bends back on itself at an angle of more than 180 degrees.

5945. Fact

The length of a human esophagus is 25 centimeters

5946. Fact

The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945

5947. Fact

Average number of days a German goes without washing his underwear: 7.

5948. Fact

The occupations of the three men in a tub were butcher, baker, and candlestick maker.

5949. Fact

Calvin Coolidge's Vice President Charles Dawes earned a Nobel Peace Prize.

5950. Fact

In 1800 on 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000.

5951. Fact

The number 37 will wholly divide (no decimals) into 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 999.

5952. Fact

People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples

5953. Fact

Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours

5954. Fact

7-Eleven is the largest retail chain in the world. Click Here For More Details

5955. Fact

Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

5956. Fact

The sun shrinks five feet every hour

5957. Fact

The world's longest suspension bridge opened to traffic on April 5, 1998. The 3,911-meter (12,831-feet) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is 580 meters (1,900 feet) longer than the Humber Bridge in England, the previous record holder.

5958. Fact

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.

5959. Fact

If you head directly south from Detroit, the first forign country you will enter is Canada.

5960. Fact

Edward VIII did not officially become the King of England as he abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee

5961. Fact

England once had a Prime Minister who was only 24 years old. He was William Pitt, elected in 1783.

5962. Fact

The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days

5963. Fact

The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove

5964. Fact

The most popular chocolate bar in the United Kingdom for the last 15 years has been Kit Kat

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