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

7500. Fact

Many scientists believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Both species lay eggs, and they both have egg teeth that serve only one purpose: to help the babies break the egg and enter the world. Egg teeth fall off within hours of birth.

7501. Fact

Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four

7502. Fact

The Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island, NY opened in 1948 and is the world's largest landfill. It covers 3,000 acres and received 14,000 tons of garbage a day.

7503. Animal Facts

There are over 3,000 different types of mosquito and they live all over the world, even in the coldest places near the North and South Poles.

7504. Fact

American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.

7505. Fact

While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.

7506. Fact

Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar

7507. Fact

The shrimp's heart is in its head

7508. Fact

The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.

7509. Fact

80% of 10 year old girls in the U.S. go on a diet.

7510. Fact

The universe is so vast in relation to the matter it contains that it can be compared in the following way: A building 20 miles long, 20 miles wide and 20 miles high that contains 1 grain of sand.

7511. Fact

Black pepper is the most popular spice in the world

7512. Fact

Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one swallow

7513. Fact

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.

7514. Fact

Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under'than other hair colors do.

7515. Fact

Electronic companies sell five times as many big-screen TVs during Super Bowl Week

7516. Fact

Europe has no deserts, it is the only continent without one.

7517. Fact

Gerald Ford, George Bush, Tommy Lasorda, Ted Koppel, John F. Kennedy Jr., Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama are all left handed.

7518. Fact

Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

7519. Fact

A jellyfish is 95 percent water

7520. Fact

New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world

7521. Fact

In Bensalem, Pennsylvania it is illegal to race mufflerless go-karts after 6 p.m. on Sunday.

7522. Fact

There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.

7523. Animal Facts

Cockroaches have an oily coating to make them slithery.

7524. Fact

Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters und.

7525. Fact

The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation

7526. Fact

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

7527. Fact

Stuttering is 4 to 6 times more common in boys than in girls.

7528. Fact

Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission

7529. Fact

Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses

7530. Fact

Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

7531. Fact

Annually Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving

7532. Fact

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

7533. Fact

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair.

7534. Fact

Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world

7535. Fact

In Turkey during the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

7536. Fact

To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked

7537. Fact

Beethoven used to pour cold water over his head to stimulate his brain before sitting down to compose.

7538. Fact

Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue.

7539. Fact

A single drop of water contains one hundred billion billion atoms.

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