766. Fact

The motto on james bond's family crest is, "the world is not enough".

767. Fact

Pure gold is so soft that you can shape it with your hands.

768. Fact

One horsepower is the force needed to lift 75 kilos one meter straight up in the air for one second.

769. Fact

26 popes have unfortunately been murdered.

770. Fact

For a long time, the tonga islands had a banana shaped stamp.

771. Fact

If you suffer from arachinophobia, you're terrified of spiders.

772. Fact

Geographical locations with the shortest names are "a" in norway, "o" in japan and "y" in france.

773. Fact

If you keep a living goldfish in a completely dark room, it will eventually turn white.

774. Fact

The horsehead, used in the film the godfather, came from a factory that manufactures dog food.

775. Fact

The a-system used to keep control of paper sizes (a4, a5, a3 etc) was invented in germany in 1930 and became an international standard.

776. Fact

There are over 500 phobias and tauraphobia is one of them - a fear of bulls.

777. Fact

Ice cream contains a thickeningsubstance extracted from seaweed.

778. Fact

Since 1989, oscar presenters are not allowed to say "and the winner is..." this insinuates that all of the other nominees are losers. So instead they say "and the oscar goes to..."

779. Fact

Bird's feet are always cold.

780. Fact

The koala got its name from the australian aboriginals. Koala means "no drink" and refers to the fact that koala bears get all the fluid they need eating eucalyptus leaves.

781. Fact

One of the first mobile phones with a battery smaller than a bag was the nmt900 phone curt, from ericsson. It weighed 1.6 pounds and you could talk on it for 12 minutes.

782. Fact

Nicholas cage changed his last name from coppola to cage so that no one would know that he was related to oscar-winning director francis ford coppola, who is his uncle.

783. Fact

Leprosy can affect all people but only one animal - the south and middle american armadillo.

784. Fact

Every year, the moon moves 1.5 inches away from the earth.

785. Fact

Brontophobia means a terrible fear of thunder.

786. Fact

Diamonds are made of carbon and can burn. If heated up to 80o272c (1,600272f), diamonds turn into graphite.

787. Fact

In the famous film casablanca, rick (played by humphrey bogart) never once said, "play it again, sam". He actually said, "you played it for her. You can play it for me. Play it!" the line "play it again, sam" actually comes from the marx brother's film one night in casablanca.

788. Fact

A leech can suck up as much as 2 cubic centimeters (0.12 cubic inches) of blood, but only after fasting for a year.

789. Fact

The fastest animal in the world is a swift. It can reach up to 98 miles per hour (168 km/h).

790. Fact

The given name "wendy" first appeared in the book peter pan.

791. Fact

An olympic sport in 1906 was shot-putting using stones.

792. Fact

Before ronald reagan became a movie star, he was a sports commentator.

793. Fact

Leonardo dicaprio's first appearance in front of a camera was in a commercial for milk.

794. Fact

The heart of an embryo starts beating three weeks after conception.

795. Fact

A blue whale's penis is between 15 - 20 feet long.

796. Fact

The most common disease to plague humans is "coryza", better known as "the common cold". It has spread almost everywhere on earth.

797. Fact

The smallest country in the world is the vatican in rome. It's only 0.17 square miles.

798. Fact

The largest cell in the human body is the female egg.

799. Fact

R2-d2, the popular robot from the star wars movies, is called c1-p8 in the italian movie versions.

800. Fact

Paul simon and art garfunkel were classmates.

801. Fact

You can't sneeze in your sleep.

802. Fact

The element californium is named after the american state, california.

803. Fact

Dumdum bullets are named after the city where the ammunition is manufactured, dumdum, india.

804. Fact

A sifonaptorologist studies fleas.

805. Fact

The weight of an adult person's skin is about 6.6 pounds.

806. Fact

Tom jones put so much feeling into a song he recorded for the james bond film thunder ball, that he blacked out in the studio.

807. Fact

The first cervical vertebra on humans is called atlas.

808. Fact

Venus, the second planet in our solar system, rotates in the opposite direction of the other eight planets.

809. Fact

In the bahamas there are different classifications for strong winds. One is "the banana wind" - this means the wind is so strong, bananas on the trees fall to the ground.

810. Fact

The "pont neuf" (which translated means "new bridge") is actually the oldest bridge in paris.

811. Fact

A llama can spit 16.5 feet.

812. Fact

A normal human brain contains as many brain cells as there are stars in the milky way; about 100 million.

813. Fact

The threads in nylon stockings are five times thinner than human hair.

814. Fact

There are over 500 recognized phobias. One of the most rare is sciophobia - the fear of shadows.

815. Fact

Germs are very small. One single water droplet can contain up to 50 million germs.

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