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.

6101. Animal Facts

Nose bots are maggots that live inside the noses of animals that graze, such as sheep, cows and horses.

6102. Fact

People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for foods that taste bitter

6103. Fact

Average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to yield a gallon of milk is 345.

6104. Fact

Despite a population of well over one billion people, there are only an estimated 250 million televisions in use in China.

6105. Fact

The United States Postal Service handles over forty percent of the world's mail volume.

6106. Fact

In his youth, United States president George W. Bush used to play for the Midland (Texas) Central Little League. He played the position of the catcher

6107. Fact

Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell

6108. Fact

McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys.

6109. Fact

Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173

6110. Fact

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined

6111. Fact

Dr. George F. Grant received U.S. patent number 638,920 on December 12, 1899. His invention? The golf tee. He created it because he didn't want to get his hands dirty by building a mound of dirt to place his ball on.

6112. Fact

Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet.

6113. Fact

In 410 A.D. Alaric the Visigoth demanded that Rome give him three thousand pounds of pepper as ransom

6114. Fact

Laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Developed 1950s 1960s.

6115. Fact

It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush!

6116. Fact

In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on

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