7731. Fact

Conservationalists and Conversationalists (18 letters) are the longest non-scientific transposals (word formed from another by changing its letters).

7732. Fact

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers

7733. Fact

Pineapples are classified as berries.

7734. Fact

If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the current temperature in celcius degrees.

7735. Fact

It is against the law in Oregon to fish with canned corn.

7736. Fact

The largest Great White Shark ever caught measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds. It was found in a herring weir in New Brunswick in 1930.

7737. Fact

Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together

7738. Fact

According to the International Labor Organization, a member of the labor force is someone between the age of 15 and 64.

7739. Fact

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher

7740. Fact

Whoopi Goldberg s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.

7741. Fact

Hartford, Connecticut, has made it illegal to educate dogs.

7742. Fact

There was once a law in Salem Virginia that made it illegal to leave home without knowing where you were going.

7743. Fact

George Harrison, with My Sweet Lord, was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.

7744. Fact

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas

7745. Fact

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.

7746. Fact

570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House

7747. Fact

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

7748. Fact

During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies.

7749. Animal Facts

Soldier flies like to lay their eggs in human faeces.The larvae (maggots) are often found in bathrooms as they crawl up the sewage pipes.

7750. Fact

In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza

7751. Fact

When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone.

7752. Fact

Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four

7753. Fact

The food that people crave the most is cheese

7754. Fact

Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946

7755. Fact

In 1908, figure skating became the first winter sport to be included in the Olympics.

7756. Fact

Early sewing machines were destroyed by mobs or workers who felt their jobs were threatened by automation

7757. Fact

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

7758. Fact

A speleologist studies caves.

7759. Fact

King Henry III of France, Louis XIV of France, and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia (the fear of cats).

7760. Fact

On July 4, 1776 (signing of the Declaration of Independence), King George III of England noted in his diary: Nothing of importance happened today.

7761. Animal Facts

A shark will eat parts of its own body that have been cut off or bitten off by another animal.

7762. Fact

King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.

7763. Fact

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Finnish word SAIPPUAKIVIKAUPPIAS a soapstone seller is the longest known palindrome in any language.

7764. Fact

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in in the year 79, over 2,000 citizens of Pompeii ran into their cellars to wait until everything had ended. Excavators found them still there 1,800 years later.

7765. Fact

For 186 days you can not see the sun in the North Pole.

7766. Fact

There was once a fish caught in Delaware Bay with a watch still ticking inside

7767. Fact

The world's most common non-contagious disease is tooth-decay.

7768. Fact

Turtles can live for more than 100 years.

7769. Fact

In the U.S. the most common excuse made to get out of paying a ticket is to say they missed the sign

7770. Fact

Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup

7771. Fact

The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race

7772. Fact

Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache

7773. Fact

The reason why golf balls have dimples on them is because it helps in the ball to move a farther distance by reducing drag

7774. Fact

The apricot can be traced back to China at least four thousand years ago, and it first appeared in Greek mythology as the golden apple.

7775. Fact

There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).

7776. Fact

The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on it's fur

7777. Fact

A bathometer is an instrument for indicating the depth of the sea beneath a moving vessel.

7778. Fact

The center of the earth is almost 4000 miles beneath our feet.

7779. Fact

In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear

7780. Fact

Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth

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