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.

6074. Fact

Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do

6075. Fact

Witchcraft was first legalized in the colony of Pennsylvania.

6076. Fact

Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.

6077. Fact

Southbridge, Massachusetts, makes it illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

6078. Fact

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

6079. Fact

There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard.

6080. Fact

If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously

6081. Fact

Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies

6082. Fact

The nearest relative of the hippopotamus is the common pig.

6083. Fact

Finland is also known as the land of of the thousand lakes, because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country

6084. Fact

The only state allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag is Texas.

6085. Fact

Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day.

6086. Animal Facts

The Gila monster is a lizard from South America and Mexico. Although it's only just over half a metre (2 feet) long, its bite is so strong that the only way to detach one that's bitten you is to drown it.

6087. Fact

The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long

6088. Fact

Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae and brine shrimp

6089. Fact

Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood.

6090. Fact

The citrus soda 7 UP was created in 1929. The original name of the popular drink was Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda, but it got changed to 7 UP.

6091. Fact

No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

6092. Fact

In Bromide, Oklahoma it is illegal for children to use towels as capes and jump from houses pretending to be superman.

6093. Fact

A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.

6094. Fact

A group of crows is called a murder

6095. Fact

Ants never sleep.

6096. Fact

In Las Vegas, it's against the law to pawn your dentures.

6097. Fact

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

6098. Fact

The Bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500 verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and posessions.

6099. Fact

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

6100. Fact

Alaska is the US state with the most national park sites with eight.

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