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.

816. Fact

The only visible human muscle is the tongue.

817. Fact

There is a very unusual dialect on new guinea called taki. It only contains 340 words.

818. Fact

During one single soccer match, a professional player can move a distance of 7 miles.

819. Fact

George clooney's first starring role was a minor part in the film return of the killer tomatoes.

820. Fact

Cleopatra could speak 13 languages.

821. Fact

The albatross can fly while sleeping.

822. Fact

The notion of counting backwards - as done during a space rocket launch, for example - originated from a german science fiction film. The director thought that the countdown would increase the thrill.

823. Fact

Tapeworms are capable of growing very long. The longest that favors living inside humans is the taenia saginata. Females can reach up to 80-feet.

824. Fact

The weakest muscle in the human body is the stapedius muscle which is located in the middle ear. Its only function is to move the 3 millimeters (1/8-inch) stirrup bone a 1/2-millimeter (1/16-inch).

825. Fact

Khmer is the world's longest alphabet. It contains 74 characters and is used by about 8 million people in cambodia.

826. Fact

98% of our genes are the same as a chimpanzees. Only 2% make us a different species.

827. Fact

Kissing is not only nice. It's also good for your teeth! It's because when you kiss, your mouth produces saliva and saliva helps protect against dental plaque.

828. Fact

Our blood circulation is very long. The blood vessels, all together, are between 3,000 and 6,000 miles long.

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