6214. Fact

It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".

6215. Fact

Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy

6216. Fact

One 75-watt light bulb gives off more light than three 25-watt light bulbs.

6217. Fact

In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.

6218. Fact

You can sometimes tell the hobbies and race of a person by their skeleton.

6219. Fact

In Hood River, Oregon, you can't juggle without a license.

6220. Fact

The only animals that are capable of turning their heads 180 degrees are from the genus Galago, such as the Tarsier

6221. Fact

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a huntinglicense.

6222. Fact

48% of astronauts experience motion sickness.

6223. Fact

In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the rate would be. This technique was referred to as candling

6224. Fact

Brabara Cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.

6225. Animal Facts

The carpet viper kills more people in the world than any other type of snake. Its bite leads to uncontrollable bleeding.

6226. Fact

Average calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race: 10,000.

6227. Fact

Chocolate maker Cadbury uses more than sixty thousand tonnes of cocoa each year, in the United Kingdom alone

6228. Fact

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

6229. Fact

Birds are largely unaffected by spicy things, like chilies, as they are not sensitive to capsaicin, the hot stuff in chilies.

6230. Fact

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

6231. Fact

The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

6232. Fact

Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.

6233. Fact

Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.

6234. Fact

The Great Lakes contain 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water, one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.

6235. Fact

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

6236. Fact

The name Muppet was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word marionette and puppet.

6237. Fact

A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada

6238. Fact

Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can

6239. Fact

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

6240. Fact

Cashew nuts contain oil in the shell that is very irritating to the skin

6241. Animal Facts

The leopard seal sometimes attacks people, lunging up through the ice to snap at their feet.

6242. Fact

47% of men report that a woman's intelligence is a big turn on.

6243. Fact

Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. They are so tiny that one of their enemies is an insect, the praying mantis.

6244. Fact

In Washington, anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a tear gas canister.

6245. Animal Facts

An octopus has to turn itself inside out to eat, as its mouth is hidden in between its tentacles.

6246. Fact

The world's deadliest mushroom is the Amanita phalloides, the death cap. The five different poisons contained by the mushroom cause diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours of ingestion. This is followed by damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system and, in the majority of cases, coma and death.

6247. Fact

In the United States birds and planes collided more than 22,000 times between the years of 1990 and 1998

6248. Fact

Milton Bradley originally wanted to name the game Twister, Pretzel; but he could not since the name was copyrighted

6249. Fact

The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children

6250. Fact

The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird

6251. Fact

In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years according to scientists

6252. Fact

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every fivemust be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips intimes ofwar or other emergencies.

6253. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot

6254. Fact

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

6255. Fact

In 1955, only 330 Volkswagen Beetle's were sold at a price of $1800 each in the United States.

6256. Fact

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day.

6257. Fact

James Madison, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was the shortest president of the US. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at six feet, 4 inches.

6258. Fact

Dominique Larrey, Napoleon's chief surgeon, could amputate a leg in 13 seconds.

6259. Fact

The average number of peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks is 27.

6260. Fact

Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter.

6261. Fact

Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals.

6262. Fact

Hannibal, who was a soldier, had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome

6263. Animal Facts

The job of guard termites is to defend the termite nest or mound. Sometimes they explode in their efforts to deter attackers.

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