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

6698. Fact

Sandy Koufax threw a no-hitter in four consecutive seasons between 1962-65. He's the only player to throw no-hitters in more than two straight seasons.

6699. Fact

There was no punctuation until the 15th century

6700. Fact

Sting was a high school teacher.

6701. Fact

The United States Library of Congress contains 73 millions volumes (books), arranged on 350 miles of shelves.

6702. Fact

Every ten minutes, another plant or animal life form becomes extinct.

6703. Fact

The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest, Type A-H, has been found in less than a dozen people since the type was discovered.

6704. Fact

Jewelers Tiffany & Co., based in New York, are responsible for making the Super Bowl trophy

6705. Fact

The vegetable that is eaten most by Americans is potatoes. On average, a person eats about 140 pounds of potatoes annually

6706. Fact

Sports Illustrated has the largest sports magazine circulation

6707. Fact

Upper and Lower case letters are so named because when print had to be set by individual letters the upper case letters were stored in a case above the case that held the lower case letters.

6708. Fact

Polyurethane is thought to be a safe material for use in condoms, since it is nonporous and viruses cannot pass through it.

6709. Fact

Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".

6710. Fact

The Beatles were George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. But there were also two lesser known, previous members of the band: Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe.

6711. Fact

Scientists have discovered a way to make biodegradable plastic from plants by using genetic engineering.

6712. Fact

The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!

6713. Fact

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.

6714. Animal Facts

Spiders inject flies and bugs with a chemical which paralyzes them and dissolves their insides. The spider then sucks out the liquid as it can't chew.

6715. Fact

Salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible.

6716. Fact

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

6717. Fact

75% of Honda vehicles purchased in the U.S. are manufactured in North America.

6718. Fact

A butterfly has to have a body temperature greater than 86 degrees to be able to fly

6719. Fact

The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items

6720. Fact

Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth

6721. Fact

Eagles mate while airborne.

6722. Fact

Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.

6723. Fact

A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians

6724. Fact

Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846.

6725. Fact

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older

6726. Fact

A shark can grow a new set of teeth in a week.

6727. Fact

Fido means faithful in Latin

6728. Fact

25% of a human's bones are in its feet.

6729. Fact

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.

6730. Fact

The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the Land of the Midnight Sun is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep

6731. Fact

The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.

6732. Fact

The beluga whale, otherwise known as the white whale, is nicknamed the sea canary because of the birdlike chirping sounds it makes.

6733. Fact

The letter I is used exactly 109 times in Act IV of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

6734. Fact

The World Rubik Cube championship was held in Budapest on June 5, 1982. Nineteen National Champions took part. Minh Thai, the US Champion, won by solving the Cube in of 22.95 seconds. The world record, in competitive conditions, grew progressively lower and now stands at 16.5 seconds.

6735. Fact

The Nobel Peace prize was first awarded in 1901 to Jean Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the Swiss Red Cross

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