7141. Fact

The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles

7142. Fact

Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters

7143. Fact

Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836

7144. Fact

New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.

7145. Fact

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

7146. Fact

Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl

7147. Fact

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

7148. Fact

Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk

7149. Fact

Sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world

7150. Fact

The green ring that is formed around the yolk of eggs that have been cooked too long is formed by the chemical reaction from the iron in the yolk and the sulphur in the white part of the egg

7151. Fact

Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes

7152. Fact

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

7153. Fact

Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible

7154. Fact

Dominica, Mexico, Zambia, Kiribati, Fiji and Egypt all have birds on their flags.

7155. Fact

The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray

7156. Fact

Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys

7157. Fact

In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks

7158. Fact

Sharks are capable of surviving on average six weeks without eating. The record observed in an aquarium is fifteen months by a species of shark known as the swell shark.

7159. Fact

Giraffes can last longer without water than a camel.

7160. Fact

There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.

7161. Fact

Dwight D. Eisenhower, an avid golfer, had a putting green installed on the White House lawn.

7162. Fact

Ballistics is the science that deals with the motion of projectiles.

7163. Animal Facts

Eye gnats are attracted to the moisture produced by your eyes and nose. In the USA, they are a common nuisance on hot summer evenings. They lay their eggs in rotting vegetable matter or animal faeces.

7164. Fact

The first tattoo machine was invented by Samuel O'Reilly. He did this by using equipment that Thomas Edison used to engrave hard surfaces.

7165. Fact

In Vermont it is illegal to whistle while underwater.

7166. Fact

The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

7167. Fact

The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.

7168. Fact

Five NFL teams have bird nicknames: Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks.

7169. Fact

The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match

7170. Fact

Virgina Woolf wrote all of her books standing.

7171. Fact

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden .... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

7172. Animal Facts

Termites fart out between 20 and 80 million tons of gas every year (not each, all together).

7173. Fact

When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover

7174. Fact

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

7175. Fact

The energy of a discharge of an electric eel could start 50 cars.

7176. Fact

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

7177. Fact

The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the most deadliest out of the three

7178. Fact

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

7179. Fact

The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.

7180. Fact

Bullfrog Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter while wearing eyeglasses. He did it in 1937.

7181. Fact

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

7182. Fact

There are 44,523,312,694,361,020,971,556,671,544,734,879,370,359,807,003,367,569,358,848,000,000,000,000 ways to order a deck of cards.

7183. Fact

The Danish company Lego, which began in 1932, first manufactured ironing boards, and stepladders

7184. Fact

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

7185. Fact

The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma

7186. Fact

In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalized by the Guinness Book of Records for chugging 2.5 pints of beer in 12 seconds.

7187. Fact

The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out. They also dont have brains.

7188. Fact

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world (behind Russia, Canada, China and the United States). It's only 300,000 square miles smaller than the United States. Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan and the Sudan round out the Top 10.

7189. Fact

In some town in South Carolina, it is perfectly legal for a man to beat his wife. But only if its on the courthouse steps on Sunday.

7190. Fact

There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you have probably never heard of.

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