7975. Fact

The largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds.

7976. Fact

Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct

7977. Animal Facts

Scorpions paralyze their prey before they suck the juices out. It's not dead, but it can't escape.

7978. Fact

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

7979. Fact

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark

7980. Fact

In 1958, the Crayola crayon color Prussian Blue was changed to Midnight Blue by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history

7981. Fact

Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869. Ironically, a dentist named William Semple was behind the decision.

7982. Fact

The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head

7983. Fact

On Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:55 AM, the attack on Pearl Harbor commenced

7984. Fact

Snakes are immune to their own poison.

7985. Fact

Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.

7986. Fact

You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

7987. Fact

Saturday is the most popular day for people to eat out in the United States

7988. Fact

The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic

7989. Fact

Polaris is the closest visible star to true north and is thus referred to as the North Star. By sometime around the year 2100, the wobble of the Earth's axis will slowly begin pointing the North Pole away from Polaris. By the year 14,000 A.D., the new North Star will be Vega.

7990. Animal Facts

The female praying mantis begins to eat the male during mating; he carries on, but she eventually eats all of him.

7991. Fact

The fastest land animal is the cheetah, however the fastest animal in the world is the prerigine falcon, which can dive at 217mph

7992. Fact

You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog

7993. Fact

The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming

7994. Fact

In Canada it's illegal to publicly remove bandages.

7995. Fact

English sailors were referred to as limeys because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy

7996. Fact

About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.

7997. Fact

Parker Brothers was founded by George Swinerton Parker, 18, in 1885. The first game produced was 'Banking,' in which the player who amasses the most wealth is the winner.

7998. Fact

An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more

7999. Fact

Baseball rules were codified in 1846 by Alexander Cartwright of the Knickerbocker Baseball Club.

8000. Fact

The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass

8001. Fact

The first puck ever used in a professional hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung.

8002. Fact

In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States

8003. Fact

The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919

8004. Fact

The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time

8005. Fact

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest

8006. Fact

Mosquitoes have teeth

8007. Fact

Bananas aren t fruit. They are a type of herb.

8008. Fact

The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.

8009. Fact

It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate

8010. Fact

Natural gas has no smell. The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them.

8011. Fact

By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year

8012. Fact

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music

8013. Fact

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

8014. Fact

Certain frogs can reguritate their stomachs, in order to clean them (with their feet)

8015. Fact

Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

8016. Fact

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket

8017. Fact

Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence

8018. Fact

The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water

8019. Fact

Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars

8020. Fact

Las Vegas means The Meadows in Spanish.

8021. Animal Facts

Bird parents eat food for their babies, fly back to the nest and vomit up the meal into the babies' open beaks.

8022. Fact

Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away

8023. Fact

A soccer ball has 32 panels.

8024. Fact

According to Scandinavian folklore, trolls only come out at night because sunlight would turn them to stone.

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