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

6117. Fact

Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months

6118. Fact

The sailfish can swim faster than a horse can gallop.

6119. Fact

President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader.

6120. Fact

A normal cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).

6121. Fact

Only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date

6122. Fact

The clock tower that supports the famous clock 'Big Ben' at the house of parliament in London, is 320 feet high. The bell from which the clock get it's name, weighs 13.5 tones.

6123. Fact

If the earth were to become totally flat and the oceans distributed themselves evenly over the planet's surface, the water would be approximately two miles deep at every point.

6124. Fact

The external tank on space shuttles is not painted. It is the only part of the shuttle that is lost after launch, so it is not necessary to worry about metal corrosion.

6125. Fact

Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.

6126. Fact

Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa.

6127. Fact

There is a town called Paradise and a town called Hell in Michigan.

6128. Fact

The emu's eyes are so similar to that of a human eye, that those studying to become eye doctors often practice surgery on them.

6129. Fact

There are five million scent receptors located in a human beings nose

6130. Fact

Dogs can be trained to detect an upcoming epileptic seizure

6131. Fact

Ballocks is a slang term for the testicles.

6132. Fact

The first automobile racetrack in America was the 'Indianapolis Motor Speedway,' which had 3 million cobblestones.

6133. Fact

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead learned to play slide guitar on stage much to the chagrin of Jerry Garcia.

6134. Fact

Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.

6135. Fact

Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons of water

6136. Fact

There is a town in Norway called Hell

6137. Fact

The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons.

6138. Fact

Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet

6139. Fact

All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3,600 years ago in the Middle East. It was known as the North Semitic Alphabet.

6140. Fact

A mockingbird has been known to change its tune 87 times over a minute span.

6141. Fact

On average, he ratio of yellow kernels to white kernals in a bag of popcorn is 9:1

6142. Fact

Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice

6143. Fact

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years

6144. Fact

Five Jell-O flavors have flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

6145. Fact

Despite the break up of the USSR, Russia is still the largest country in the world. It's almost twice the size of Canada, which ranks second.

6146. Fact

Chop Suey was invented in New York.

6147. Fact

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)

6148. Fact

The canning process for herring was developed in Sardinia, which is why canned herrings are better known as sardines.

6149. Fact

The first cover of Sports Illustrated, in 1954, showed National League umpire, Augie Donatelli, behind the plate with two major-league stars: catcher Wes Westrum, and batter Eddie Matthews.

6150. Fact

Astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth. Most of it has not been analyzed.

6151. Fact

Levi's 501 jeans got its number from its original stock number in the first Levi's store.

6152. Fact

Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer

6153. Fact

The Seven Deadly Sins are lust, pride, anger, envy, sloth, avarice and gluttony.

6154. Fact

If an Amish man has a beard, he is married.

6155. Fact

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class

6156. Fact

The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m

6157. Fact

In 1994, 7-Eleven coined the term brain freeze. The word was developed to explain the feeling people get when drinking a Slurpee.

6158. Fact

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated

6159. Fact

Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance

6160. Fact

Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"

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