6024. Fact

¥ Pamela Lee-Anderson is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence.

6025. Fact

There are coffee flavored PEZ

6026. Fact

There are at least six universal facial expressions. They are: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger and surprise

6027. Fact

Honeybees never sleep

6028. Fact

Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

6029. Fact

In Erwin, Tennessee an elephant was once hanged for murder.

6030. Fact

In 1977, George Willig was fined $1.10 for climbing the World Trade Center building.

6031. Fact

The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.

6032. Fact

The only President in office to weigh less than 100 pounds was James Madison.

6033. Fact

Reindeer like to eat bananas

6034. Fact

Lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking.

6035. Animal Facts

A rat can fall from a five-storey building and walk away unharmed.

6036. Fact

Beluga whales which are also called white whales are not born white. They are born grey in color, and by the age of six become completely white

6037. Fact

There are 2,320 Navy SEALs.

6038. Fact

Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.

6039. Fact

Before the merger with MGM in 1981, eight of the top ten movies released by United Artists were James Bond films.

6040. Fact

The Empire State Building in New York City weighs approximately 365,000 tons.

6041. Fact

Dall's porpoise never sleeps, elephants sleep two hours a day, horses nap standing up, and Sitatunga antelopes can sleep submerged

6042. Fact

Pine, spruce, or other evergreen wood should never be used in barbecues. These woods, when burning or smoking, can add harmful tar and resins to the food. Only hardwoods should be used for smoking and grilling, such as oak, pecan, hickory, maple, cherry, alder, apple, or mesquite, depending on the type of meat being cooked.

6043. Fact

During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water.

6044. Fact

Stamp collecting is the most popular hobby in the world.

6045. Fact

Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations

6046. Fact

In New Hampshire it is illegal to inhale bus fumes with the intent of inducing euphoria.

6047. Fact

¥ Hair and nails do not continue to grow after death. The skin recedes, making it appear to grow.

6048. Fact

The Statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.

6049. Fact

The height of the Eiffel Tower in France varies, depending on the temperature, by as much as 6 inches.

6050. Fact

In the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment

6051. Fact

One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs.

6052. Fact

Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE

6053. Fact

A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket

6054. Fact

Pakistan was named in 1933 and is derived from the first letters of Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, and Tan. All of these are districts or states of what is now Pakistan.

6055. Fact

In 1930, the heaviest a female flight attendant could be was 115 pounds. They also had to be unmarried nurses.

6056. Fact

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

6057. Fact

The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car)

6058. Animal Facts

Sharks don't have a urinary tract so their urine leaks out of their skin.

6059. Fact

The average capacity of a pelican's pouch is 12 quarts.

6060. Fact

Your body releases growth hormones when you sleep.

6061. Fact

December 1972 U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to set foot on the moon.

6062. Fact

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

6063. Fact

¥ About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the same number are born each second.

6064. Fact

Turkeys drown in the rain.

6065. Fact

At one time, there was a law in India that forbade lower-caste people from casting their shadows on a member of the Brahman (the upper class).

6066. Fact

The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry

6067. Fact

Humphrey O'Sullivan invented the rubber heel because he was tired of pounding the pavements of Boston looking for a job.

6068. Fact

In Tennessee it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.

6069. Fact

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month. Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch

6070. Fact

¥ Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

6071. Fact

The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.

6072. Fact

It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the bloodiest war in history

6073. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

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