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.

6786. Fact

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

6787. Fact

The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

6788. Fact

Polar Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting.

6789. Fact

From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size

6790. Fact

It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids

6791. Fact

The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men

6792. Fact

In 1899, a pharmacist named George Bunting blended his own cold cream, which, in addition to removing makeup and relieving sunburn, gained popularity for its ability to cure eczema. The product's claim of No Eczema led to its name, Noxzema.

6793. Fact

Gamblers mostly don't see any clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos

6794. Fact

Some desert snails have been known to sleep for three to four years

6795. Animal Facts

Newly discovered monster of the deep, Dakosaurus, was 4 metres (almost 14 feet) long, and had a head like a meat-eating dinosaur but the flippers and tail of a fish. Luckily, it died out 135 million years ago!

6796. Fact

In Boston, Massachusetts it is illegal to take a bath unless instructed to do so by a physician.

6797. Fact

Sperm banks keep their donor semen at approximately -321 degrees Fahrenheit. At that temperature, it could be kept indefinitely.

6798. Fact

California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-old.

6799. Fact

Per-capita, Israel eats the most turkey based products in the world.

6800. Fact

In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale

6801. Fact

Elephants, horses, and camels all descended from animals that originally came from North America, despite their present homes in Eurasia.

6802. Fact

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

6803. Fact

Lacrosse was invented by American Indians.

6804. Fact

The 1st US federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was in 1986.

6805. Fact

Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania

6806. Fact

It's a good thing lemmings are promiscuous, they produce 4 times as many females as males.

6807. Fact

The elephant is the national animal of Thailand

6808. Fact

Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte both suffered from epilepsy.

6809. Fact

The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds

6810. Fact

After six months at the off-Broadway New York Shakespeare Festival Theater, Hair opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York, in 1968. It was the first rock-musical to play on the Great White Way.

6811. Fact

On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime

6812. Fact

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%

6813. Fact

Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.

6814. Fact

Ian Fleming named his character James Bond after real-life ornithologist and author

6815. Fact

The country with the highest consumption of chocolate per capita is Switzerland, with 22 pounds per person, per year

6816. Fact

The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin

6817. Fact

An average person laughs about 15 times a day

6818. Fact

It is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to any unnamed mountain or hill in the United States.

6819. Fact

Over 10,000 coffee cafes plus several thousand vending machines with both hot and cold coffee serve the needs of Tokyo alone.

6820. Fact

The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes

6821. Fact

Cows and horses sleep standing up.

6822. Fact

Researchers have shot footage of Orcas (killer whales) attacking and killing great white sharks

6823. Fact

Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.

6824. Fact

Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That is the opposite of the norm

6825. Fact

In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds

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