6648. Fact

The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands

6649. Fact

In Tonawanda, New York homeless people may not start a fire in the park unless they intend to cook food.

6650. Fact

Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years

6651. Fact

Buffalo wings, got their name because the spicy chicken wings originated in Buffalo, New York

6652. Fact

In one minute, the heart of a giraffe can pump 160 gallons of blood

6653. Animal Facts

The banded tenrec, a kind of hedgehog from Madagascar, sometimes eats so many worms, bugs and slugs that it makes itself sick.

6654. Fact

It is very common for babies in New Zealand to sleep on sheepskins. This is to help them gain weight faster, and retain their body heat

6655. Fact

The Zip Code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, New York.

6656. Fact

Damascus, Syria is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Civilization can be traced as far back as 2,000 B.C.

6657. Fact

One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen.

6658. Fact

As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice

6659. Fact

Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange

6660. Animal Facts

The viperfish has teeth so long it can't close its mouth and it has to open its jaws out flat before it can swallow. Its teeth are half the length of its head!

6661. Fact

Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV in 1955, and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.

6662. Fact

The word walkman was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986

6663. Fact

The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

6664. Fact

Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world

6665. Fact

In Japan, tipping at restaurants is not a norm. However, some restaurants might add a 5 - 10 % service charge to the bill

6666. Fact

A 'jiffy'is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

6667. Fact

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.

6668. Fact

On record, the only time it recently snowed in the Sahara Desert was on Feb.18,1979.

6669. Fact

A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up

6670. Fact

The first commercial chewing gum was sold in 1848 by John B. Curtis, who also made the gum. He called the gum State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.

6671. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).

6672. Fact

Dental dam is a piece of latex placed over the vulva during cunnilingus to protect both partners from transmission of disease.

6673. Fact

Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh

6674. Fact

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.

6675. Fact

Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6676. Fact

Plants that need to attract moths for pollination are generally white or pale yellow, to be better seen when the light is dim. Plants that depend on butterflies, such as the poppy or the hibiscus, have more colorful flowers.

6677. Fact

Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. Athletes who test positive for more than 12 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of urine may be banned from the Olympic Games. This level may be reached after drinking about 5 cups of coffee.

6678. Fact

The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses

6679. Fact

Food passes through the small intestine in just two hours, zipping along at 0.002 mph. Inside the large intestine, it takes about 14 hours, traveling at a more leisurely rate of 0.00007 mph

6680. Fact

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

6681. Fact

The longest reign in the history of the world was that of Pepi II of the sixth Egyptian dynasty. He ruled from the age of 6 until his death at age 94.

6682. Fact

The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses

6683. Fact

The fastest flying butterfly is the Monarch, which has been clocked with a speed as high as 17 miles per hour

6684. Animal Facts

The skin of a hippopotamus measures about 4 centimetres (1.5 inches) thick.That's about 3.5 centimetres (over an inch) thicker than human skin.

6685. Fact

Orville Wright, a pilot, was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.

6686. Animal Facts

There are more than 70,000 types of slug and snail in the world. Let's hope they never hold a big party!

6687. Fact

Giraffes and humans have the same amount of vertebrae in their necks.

6688. Fact

Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day

6689. Fact

Ancient Egyptians believed that Bast was the mother of all cats on Earth. They also believed that cats were sacred animals.

6690. Fact

At age 70, more than 70 percent of men are still potent.

6691. Fact

Shirley Temple always has 56 curls in her hair.

6692. Fact

Bats are the only mammals that are able to fly.

6693. Fact

Dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to make an ounce.

6694. Fact

The most reproduced image in the world is Mickey Mouse, which can be found on over 7,500 different items

6695. Fact

When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy

6696. Fact

George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.

6697. Fact

The song with the longest title is I?m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin? Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with ?Yank? and the rest was a joke

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