6930. Fact

Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.

6931. Fact

Boiled grape juice was the fluid used as a lubricant for the first contact lenses. Eugene Flick, who invented contact lenses in 1887, chose boiled grape juice over sugar water to lubricate the thick glass lenses that covered the entire eye.

6932. Fact

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time

6933. Fact

The first safety feature for an automobile was invented in 1908 by John O'Leary. He patented a large net, to be installed on the front fender, to scoop pedestrians out of the way before they could be run over.

6934. Fact

Brain damage occurs at an internal temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

6935. Fact

Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated.

6936. Fact

Nike Air Soles do not actually have 'air'in them.

6937. Fact

Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle

6938. Fact

General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army

6939. Fact

The Star Spangled Banner did not become a national anthem until 1931. It was designated by an Act of Congress

6940. Fact

The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth

6941. Fact

There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.

6942. Fact

Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress

6943. Fact

Polar bears have been known to swim more than 60 miles without resting

6944. Fact

Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers

6945. Fact

Tommy McDonald, a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, was the last NFL player to wear a helmet without a face mask.

6946. Fact

American President John Tyler had 15 children

6947. Animal Facts

The echidna is a mammal which lays an egg and keeps it in a pouch on its stomach. The pouch grows just before the female produces the egg and disappears again after the baby has left it.

6948. Fact

There are more than 640 muscles in the human body

6949. Fact

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

6950. Fact

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko

6951. Fact

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world

6952. Fact

According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water

6953. Fact

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

6954. Fact

In 1990, over 4 billion dollars of coffee was imported into the United States.

6955. Fact

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined

6956. Fact

There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.

6957. Fact

A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon

6958. Fact

Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902.

6959. Fact

Bananas are actually herbs. Bananas die after fruiting, like all herbs do.

6960. Fact

The side of a hammer is a cheek.

6961. Fact

Rhythms is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

6962. Animal Facts

When a large batch of mosquito eggs hatches all at once, the babies might all attack the same unfortunate animal wandering past. They can suck it dry and kill it, if it's a small animal and there are enough mosquitoes.

6963. Fact

The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846

6964. Fact

Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers

6965. Fact

The first anti-lynching law in the United States was passed in Georgia in 1893, but it only made the violation punishable by four years in prison.

6966. Fact

Back passage is slang for the anus or rectum.

6967. Fact

The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland

6968. Fact

The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

6969. Fact

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed

6970. Fact

More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States

6971. Fact

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

6972. Fact

The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams

6973. Fact

Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke

6974. Fact

The ruby red slippers in the movie The Wizard of Oz were sold off at an auction for $660,000

6975. Fact

On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year

6976. Fact

The origin of right-handed buttons on men's shirts stems from battles where they wore armor. With most men being right handed the armor needed to overlap so that a sword could not enter through the gap during a right-handed blow from an adversary.

6977. Fact

There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart

6978. Fact

The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.

6979. Fact

Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery

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