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

6826. Fact

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

6827. Fact

In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas.

6828. Fact

In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip.

6829. Fact

Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

6830. Animal Facts

The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other in the womb, the strongest killing and eating the others so that only one is ever born.

6831. Fact

Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas.

6832. Fact

Greyhounds can reach their top speed of forty-five miles per hour in only three strides.

6833. Fact

The average temperature on Earth is 15 degrees celcius.

6834. Fact

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for 5 hours.

6835. Fact

A perfect game in baseball is one in which the same player pitches the entire game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base, by any means.

6836. Animal Facts

The babies of the Surinam toad grow under the mother's skin on her back.They stay there for up to 130 days.

6837. Fact

Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands

6838. Fact

Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns.

6839. Fact

Most Eskimos do not live in igloos.

6840. Fact

The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

6841. Fact

You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.

6842. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

6843. Fact

In Mexico, the Tooth Fairy is known as the 'Tooth Mouse'.

6844. Fact

No two human outer EARS, even your own, are exactly alike. Earology was developed to supplement identification by fingerprints.

6845. Fact

In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog.

6846. Fact

On February 10, 1964 the first self-adhesive stamps were issued

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