7277. Fact

The earth is 24,901 miles around at the equator.

7278. Fact

The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800's.

7279. Fact

Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat

7280. Fact

There are only 14 blimps in the world.

7281. Fact

There are 100 tiles in a "Scrabble" crossword game.

7282. Fact

The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward

7283. Fact

After the sun, the closest star to Earth is 25,000,000,000,000 miles away.

7284. Fact

The calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race average 10,000.

7285. Fact

In 1747, the first American mention of the Christmas tree occurred. However, it was a not a tree but instead a pyramid made out of wood and decorated with apples and evergreen boughs

7286. Fact

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker

7287. Fact

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life

7288. Fact

The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.

7289. Fact

The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults

7290. Fact

The only jointless bone in your body is the hyoid bone in your throat.

7291. Fact

The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon

7292. Fact

If you go blind in one eye, you only lose about 20% of your vision, but all your sense of depth.

7293. Fact

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

7294. Animal Facts

A flea can jump up to 220 times its own body length – a flea the size of an adult human could jump over a 25-storey building and more than a 0.4 kilometre (quarter of a mile) along the ground.

7295. Fact

The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a second.

7296. Fact

The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.

7297. Fact

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

7298. Fact

When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise

7299. Fact

During the Roman times, people used urine, called lotium in Latin, as a hair product

7300. Fact

In a year, the average Americans eats approximately 18 pounds of Turkey

7301. Fact

Phimosis is an inability to retract the foreskin fully, is harmless in infancy and pre-pubescence, occurring in about 8% of boys at age 10.

7302. Fact

In South Korea, Green Giant canned sweet corn is advertised as a topping for ice cream.

7303. Fact

Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food

7304. Fact

The London Bridge is now in Arizona in the U.S.A. This fat cat(rich guy) bought it for only $2.46 million dollars.

7305. Fact

In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers

7306. Fact

It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon.

7307. Fact

One percent of Greenland's population lives in a single apartment building.

7308. Fact

Columbus brought cacao (chocolate) beans back to Spain on his fourth voyage in 1502.

7309. Fact

If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one

7310. Fact

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma

7311. Fact

In the 13th century, quality standards for paste were assigned by the Pope

7312. Fact

It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2000 balloons.

7313. Fact

The first Fords used Dodge engines. Many ford vehicles now use Nissan engines, especially in Mini-vans.

7314. Fact

In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones

7315. Fact

You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time.

7316. Fact

The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was Spud.

7317. Fact

The rosy periwinkle plant, found in Madagascar, is used to cure leukemia.

7318. Fact

Bulls don't really get angry when they see the color red, it's really movement that makes them charge.

7319. Fact

Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes.

7320. Fact

While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called Traff-O-Data. It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.

7321. Fact

The complete title of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World.

7322. Fact

The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means The Lizard.

7323. Fact

On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.

7324. Fact

In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called Spirit of Australia. Warby built the boat himself in his back yard

7325. Fact

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon

7326. Animal Facts

You can cut a leech in half while it is feeding and it will carry on sucking, the blood spurting out of the cut end of its body.

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