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

7820. Fact

Q is the only letter that does not appear in the names of any state of the Unites States.

7821. Fact

Women on average live seven years longer than men do

7822. Fact

Martha Stewart became a billionaire while in prison.

7823. Fact

The world record for balancing people on your head is 92 in one hour.

7824. Fact

Francis Scott Key was a young lawyer who wrote the poem, 'The Star Spangled Banner', after being inspired by watching the Americans fight off the British attack of Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem became the words to the national anthem

7825. Fact

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca Cola.

7826. Animal Facts

Head lice have two sharp mouth parts – one cuts through your skin and sucks up blood, the other pumps out spit containing a chemical that stops your blood clotting.

7827. Fact

Prostate gland is a muscular gland encircling the urethra in the male that produces much of the seminal fluid.

7828. Fact

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

7829. Fact

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in World War II. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

7830. Fact

An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year

7831. Fact

The infamous Red Baron was German World War I pilot Manfred von Richthofen.

7832. Fact

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I

7833. Fact

Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one).

7834. Animal Facts

A lamprey is like an eel but has no jaws. Instead, it has a sucker-like mouth with rows of teeth. It attaches itself to a fish, digs itself in and then sucks all the fluids out of the fish, eventually killing it.

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