6736. Fact

In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight

6737. Fact

¥The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.

6738. Fact

Raindrops aren't actually tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and pointed on the bottom.

6739. Animal Facts

If a barracuda fish falls ill, it eats things that will make its flesh poisonous. That way, anything that eats it after it dies will be poisoned.

6740. Fact

Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.

6741. Fact

At -40 degrees fahrenheit, a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour breathing.

6742. Fact

There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

6743. Fact

Average number of eggs laid by the female American Oyster per year: 500 million. Usually only one oyster out of the bunch reaches maturity.

6744. Fact

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

6745. Fact

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts

6746. Fact

An average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin

6747. Fact

The average human breathes about 700,000 cubic inches of air every day.

6748. Fact

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

6749. Fact

Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan.

6750. Fact

As the male proceeds through puberty, the semen develops mature characteristics with increasing quantities of normal sperm.

6751. Fact

The average light bulb can last for about 750 to 1,000 hours.

6752. Fact

The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.

6753. Fact

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

6754. Fact

The sun's average period of rotation is 27 days.

6755. Fact

A person would have to drink more than 12 cups of hot cocoa to equal the amount of caffeine found in one cup of coffee

6756. Fact

Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

6757. Fact

Every queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned.

6758. Fact

Castaways Travel, a Houston-area travel agency, offers an all-nude flight to Cancun Mexico. Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, you are allowed to take off all your clothes and roam about the cabin

6759. Fact

Heavier lemons contain more and tastier juice

6760. Fact

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.

6761. Fact

Hyenas regularly eat the feces of other animals.

6762. Fact

The Atlantic Ocean has a greater salt content than the Pacific Ocean.

6763. Fact

¥ MTV first aired at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981. The first video was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.

6764. Fact

On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves

6765. Fact

The principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres.

6766. Fact

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

6767. Fact

The search engine Google got its name from the word googol, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it

6768. Fact

98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska

6769. Fact

When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor

6770. Fact

The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA

6771. Fact

An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home

6772. Fact

The largest hamburger cooked in the world weighed in at 6,040 pounds

6773. Fact

There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S.

6774. Fact

Atari had to bury millions of unsold E.T. game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982

6775. Fact

All species of beetles are edible.

6776. Fact

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the American Pie. (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

6777. Fact

There are over one billion people that are actively involved in rice growth

6778. Fact

By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds.

6779. Fact

Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

6780. Fact

Apple seeds are poisonous as they contain a cyanide compound

6781. Fact

The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.

6782. Fact

Watermelon, considered one of America's favorite fruits, is really a vegetable (Citrullus lanatus). Cousin to the cucumber and kin to the gourd, watermelons can range in size from 7 to 100 pounds.

6783. Fact

259,200 people die every day.

6784. Fact

Scientists have performed brain surgery on cockroaches.

6785. Fact

America's first stock exchange was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1791.

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