Fact Book

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

7781. Fact

Mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet.

7782. Fact

Fleas have killed more people (due to Bubonic plague and such) than all wars throughout history combined.

7783. Fact

Strength is the longest english word with only one vowel.

7784. Fact

80% of Publishers'Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions.

7785. Animal Facts

Cockroaches breed so fast that if all the young survived and reproduced, there would be 10 million cockroaches from a single pair by the end of a year.

7786. Fact

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

7787. Fact

Bats emit ultrasonic sounds to communicate with each other

7788. Fact

In 1938 Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold all rights to the comic-strip character Superman to their publishers for $130.

7789. Fact

Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls

7790. Fact

Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different

7791. Fact

Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.

7792. Fact

On average, the rainfall across the Amazon is 7 feet annually.

7793. Fact

One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.

7794. Fact

A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

7795. Fact

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

7796. Fact

In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones

7797. Fact

In Salem, Massachesetts sleeping in the nude in a rented room is forbidden, even for married couples.

7798. Fact

If you re over 100 years old, there s an 80% chance youre a woman.

7799. Fact

The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning.

7800. Fact

There are more recreational golfers per capita in Canada than any other country in the world

7801. Fact

Shaquelle O'Neal [AKA Shaq] wears a size 22EEE shoe.

7802. Fact

In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen

7803. Fact

In Breton, AL there is a law against riding down the street in a motorboat.

7804. Fact

In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour

7805. Fact

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating arealready married.

7806. Fact

Copper is the second most used metal in the world.

7807. Fact

Holyoke, Massachusetts, makes it unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.

7808. Fact

Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747

7809. Fact

Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.

7810. Fact

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations

7811. Fact

Mosquitoes prefer children over adults

7812. Fact

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

7813. Fact

Namco, who are the manufacturers of Pac Man the video game, has estimated that the original arcade game has been played over 10 billion times by individuals

7814. Fact

The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated

7815. Fact

If you told someone that they were one in a million, you'd be saying there were 1,800 of them in China.

7816. Fact

The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women

7817. Fact

The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.

7818. Fact

About 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue

7819. Fact

Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes