7450. Fact

The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk

7451. Fact

There is an extra leg in the Iwo Jima memorial statue and extra hand. While the legend is that these extremedies belong to God, who is helping the Marines win, they are actually there for added support to the statue, and designed not to look like a metal rod going throught the middle of the group of Marines.

7452. Fact

The motto for the Olympic Games is Citius Altius Fortius. Translated, it means Faster Higher Stronger.

7453. Fact

A bowling pin only needs to tilt 7.5 degrees to fall.

7454. Fact

The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

7455. Fact

The papaya tree is known as the medicinal tree in some cultures because it?s seeds and leaves have been used as ingredients in different medicines

7456. Fact

About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole.

7457. Fact

Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races

7458. Fact

Beavers have orange teeth.

7459. Fact

The brewing of beer is recorded as far back as 6,000 years ago. Until the 12th century (when skilled experts took over), women performed the task of making beer as part of their household chores.

7460. Fact

No piece of square, dry paper can be folded more than seven times in half

7461. Fact

The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan

7462. Fact

Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.

7463. Fact

The word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means to exercise naked.

7464. Fact

The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million

7465. Fact

Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.

7466. Fact

During his lifetime Paganini published only five compositions. He didn't expect anybody to be able to play them, and at that time nobody could.

7467. Fact

The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long

7468. Fact

If someone were to capture and bottle a comet's 10,000-mile vapor trail, the amount of vapor actually present in the bottle would take up less than one cubic inch of space.

7469. Fact

Special studies conducted about the human body revealed it will usually absorb up to about 300 milligrams of caffeine at a given time. About 4 normal cups. Additional amounts are just cast off, providing no further stimulation. Also, the human body dissipates 20% of the caffeine in the system each hour.

7470. Fact

Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize

7471. Fact

98% of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.

7472. Animal Facts

If you're attacked by a moray eel, the only way to get it off is to kill it, cut the head off and break the jaws. It won't let go while it's alive.

7473. Fact

Coffee beans can be mixed into B type blood, changing it into O type blood.

7474. Fact

In the city of Carmel, where Clint Eastwood grew up, they dont have postmen, because they dont have street numbers. People go to the post office to collect their mail.

7475. Fact

Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

7476. Fact

84% of a raw apple is water.

7477. Fact

Pineapple and celery can make semen taste sweet, while coffee and alcohol can make it taste bitter.

7478. Fact

In 1796, Napoleon was only 26 years old when he took command of the French Army of Italy

7479. Fact

Nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber, and the first execution by lethal gas took place in February, 1924.

7480. Fact

A jellyfish is 95% water.

7481. Animal Facts

Aardvarks and anteaters enjoy nothing better than slurping up ants and termites with their long, sticky tongues.

7482. Fact

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted peoplewithout killing them used to burn their houses down - hence theexpression toget fired.

7483. Fact

Leonard da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

7484. Fact

Nobel, actually invented dynamite, (Dynamite no.1 and Ballistite) but when he saw the destruction it caused, he decided to do something benevolent with all the money he made. Hence the Nobel Prize.

7485. Fact

Crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out.

7486. Fact

According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.

7487. Fact

In the United States bacteria in foods cause 6.5 million to 33 million cases of human illness and 9,000 deaths annually.

7488. Fact

Parrots, most famous of all talking birds, rarely acquire a vocabulary of more than twenty words, however Tymhoney Greys and African Greys have been know to carry vocabularies in excess of 100 words.

7489. Fact

Dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to make an ounce

7490. Fact

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster

7491. Fact

Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

7492. Fact

Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state

7493. Fact

The South Pole was reached for the first time on 14 December 1911 by a team of explorers led by Roald Amundsen.

7494. Fact

Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland.

7495. Fact

Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.

7496. Fact

Flies jump backwards when they take off.

7497. Fact

The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly. It lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind, and lays only one egg each year. Despite this, it has survived for more than 70 million years.

7498. Fact

In the U.S., the sport that causes the most injuries among the age group of 15-24 is basketball

7499. Fact

Carl Sagan was a pot smoker

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