7330. Fact

About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching

7331. Fact

The oldest inhabited house in Scotland is the Traquair Castle. The castle has had 27 kings as visitors

7332. Fact

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

7333. Fact

At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.

7334. Fact

Canada's national sport is lacrosse not hockey.

7335. Fact

The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922

7336. Fact

In Hawaii it is illegal to get a tattoo behind your ear or on your eyelid unless in the presence of a registered physician.

7337. Fact

Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.

7338. Fact

Table tennis balls have been known to travel off a paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr (approx. 100mph).

7339. Fact

A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

7340. Fact

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

7341. Fact

Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.

7342. Fact

The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.

7343. Fact

There is a street in Canada that runs for a distance of nearly 1900 kms.

7344. Fact

¥ The cockroach dies from radiation and would not survive a nuclear war.

7345. Fact

The fuzz on a tennis ball is intentionally included as a way to give the ball some definite action when it hits the court. It also slows the flight of the ball through the air.

7346. Fact

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, THEREIN: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

7347. Fact

The human heart beats over 100,000 times a day

7348. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

7349. Fact

If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.

7350. Fact

Wheat is the world's most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except Antarctica.

7351. Fact

If you travel across the former Soviet Union you will cross seven time zones.

7352. Fact

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan

7353. Fact

Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls

7354. Fact

The the oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

7355. Fact

Hamsters blink one eye at a time.

7356. Fact

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

7357. Fact

Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years

7358. Fact

Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.

7359. Fact

Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed.

7360. Fact

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

7361. Fact

Some large clouds store enough water for 500,000 showers.

7362. Fact

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve

7363. Fact

Orgies were originally religious events. They were originally offerings to the gods

7364. Fact

About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away

7365. Fact

It s a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his elder sister s daughter.

7366. Fact

Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.

7367. Fact

The average American kid will eat approximately 1.500 peanut butter sandwiches by high school graduation

7368. Fact

There was a 19th century Native American tribal chief who went under the name, Not Able to Fornicate.

7369. Fact

People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand

7370. Fact

According to the film's animators, you'll see 6,469,952 black spots every time you watch 101 Dalmatians.

7371. Fact

The word samba means to rub navels together.

7372. Animal Facts

Driver ants and army ants both march in massive colonies and will strip to the bones any animal they come across. They'll even tackle a wounded crocodile or lion that can't get away. Driver ants slash at their victims who eventually bleed to death from thousands of tiny cuts.

7373. Fact

Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, but they can buy shotguns.

7374. Fact

In Britain, there are approximately 50,000 pubs with 17,000 different names

7375. Fact

The first ever World Summit on Toilets was held in Singapore in November 2001

7376. Fact

In 1657, the first chocolate house was opened in London, England. The cost of chocolate was about 13 shillings per pound and was a drink that only the elite enjoyed

7377. Fact

The lead in a normal pencil would draw a line of 35 miles.

7378. Animal Facts

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out, pushing it out through its mouth opening.

7379. Fact

In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed.

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