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.

7835. Fact

One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old

7836. Fact

Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient

7837. Fact

At 840,000 square miles, Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is three times the size of Texas. By comparison, Iceland is only 39,800 square miles.

7838. Fact

Dynamite contains peanuts.

7839. Fact

Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996

7840. Fact

Speak of the Devil is short for Speak of the Devil and he shall come. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say Speak of the Devil.

7841. Fact

If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion.

7842. Fact

A chicken who just lost its head can run the length of a football field before dropping dead.

7843. Fact

Clinophobia is the fear of beds.

7844. Fact

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

7845. Fact

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show Scooby-Doo. Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy follow the same diet on the show

7846. Fact

The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella

7847. Fact

It's believed that India gets its name from the Indus River. The interesting thing is that none of the river is actually in India...it's in Pakistan.

7848. Fact

The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.

7849. Fact

The San Diego Zoo in California has the largest collection of animals in the world.

7850. Animal Facts

A chicken once lived ten days after a French farmer cut its head off. He fed it with a dripper, directly into its throat.

7851. Fact

Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics

7852. Fact

The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday

7853. Fact

In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America

7854. Fact

The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.

7855. Fact

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible: 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament.

7856. Fact

Astronauts get taller when they are in space

7857. Fact

Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the large intestine and the feces become dry

7858. Fact

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)

7859. Fact

In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.

7860. Fact

The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye

7861. Fact

China has close to 25% of the world's population.

7862. Fact

The amount of blood a female mosquito drinks per serving is five millionths of a liter

7863. Fact

A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.

7864. Fact

A two-inch garden hose will carry four times as much water as a one-inch hose.

7865. Fact

¥ There are more than 1,00 chemicals in a cup of coffee.

7866. Fact

In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country

7867. Fact

The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia

7868. Fact

Rice paper does not have any rice in it.

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