Fact Book

A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed

Australia's Sydney funnel-web spider and Brazil's Wandering spider (also known as the Banana Spider) are among the most Venomous species. Even these bad biters aren't big killers, though. Even before the introduction of anti venom only 1 percent of their bites resulted in death.

7554. Fact

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

7555. Fact

During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times

7556. Fact

According to the United States Postal Service, each person sent on average 689 letters throughout the year of 1996.

7557. Fact

Whenever people accidentally trip over themselves whilst walking, they automatically go into 'survival mode' and try to pretend like they meant it (eg. they start into a jog). How hilarious is it watching someone do that?!

7558. Fact

A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds

7559. Fact

General Stonewall Jackson has two separate burial sites: one for his amputated left arm (Fredericksburg, VA) and one for the rest of his body (Lexington, VA). Jackson's left arm was shattered during the Battle of Chancellorsville by friendly fire and was amputated the next day. He died a week later. (8-1-02)

7560. Animal Facts

The butcher bird (shrike) impales mice, small birds and lizards onto spikes to hold them still while it eats them.

7561. Fact

John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.

7562. Fact

There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog

7563. Fact

The oil that is found in poison ivy is called urushiol.

7564. Fact

In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written

7565. Fact

All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.

7566. Animal Facts

If one vampire bat is too ill to leave the cave, another will suck blood all night then come home and vomit it up over the poorly bat so it doesn't miss out on a meal.

7567. Fact

Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went

7568. Fact

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.

7569. Fact

Your skin weighs about 3.2kg.

7570. Fact

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.

7571. Fact

In Hans Holbein's painting, The Ambassadors, the artist added a small skull as a way of signing his name. Holbein is another word for hollow bone or a skull.

7572. Fact

Reports from owners of cats and dogs indicate that 21% of dogs and 7% of cats snore

7573. Fact

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.(Hardly seems worth it.)

7574. Fact

On average, a beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.

7575. Fact

There are 49 different foods mentioned in the Bible.

7576. Fact

What word can you take the first letter of, put it as the last letter, and make it the past tence of the original word? Answer: Eat (ate)

7577. Fact

Children grow faster in the springtime.

7578. Fact

Israel is the only country in the world, which has compulsory military service for women.

7579. Fact

The Taj Mahal in India is perfectly symetrical, except for one thing. The two tombs inside are not equal in size. This is because the male tomb has to be larger than the female tomb.

7580. Fact

Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.

7581. Fact

Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second

7582. Fact

Mary Hart, the co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight, has each of her legs insured for one million dollars

7583. Fact

There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection

7584. Fact

Venus rotates so slowly that in a typical day lasts approximately 244 Earth days (5,856 hours).

7585. Fact

A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist

7586. Fact

In Shakespeare, Rosalind, the heroine of "As You Like It", has more lines than any of Shakespeare's female characters. Cleopatra comes in second with 670 lines and third place belongs to Imogen (Cymbeline), with 591 lines.

7587. Fact

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

7588. Fact

The correct name for the capital city of Thailand is rung Thep, and it's been this way for over 130 years. Foreigners persist on calling it Bangkok.

7589. Fact

Although the outsides of a bone are hard, they are generally light and soft inside. They are about 75% water

7590. Fact

Coffee trees are self-pollinating.

7591. Fact

Catnip can affect lions and tigers as well as house cats. It excites them because it contains a chemical that resembles an excretion of the dominant female's urine.

7592. Fact

The three primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The three secondary colors are green, orange and purple.

7593. Fact

The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.

7594. Fact

People who studies laughter are called a gelotologists.

7595. Fact

The world's first singing commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal. The four male singers, eventually known as the Wheaties Quartet, sang the jingle.

7596. Fact

On average, pigs live for about 15 years.

7597. Fact

May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months

7598. Fact

In a typical season, major league baseball will require 4,800 ash trees worth of Louisville sluggers.

7599. Fact

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars

7600. Fact

Bibliomancy is the practice by some people of opening the Bible at random and being guided for the day by whatever verse they see first.

7601. Fact

A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder