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.

8025. Fact

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China

8026. Fact

There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.

8027. Fact

Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl, Let the real thingsit for one hour, then flush clean

8028. Fact

Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States

8029. Fact

The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).

8030. Fact

Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner

8031. Fact

In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub

8032. Fact

Three million people in the United States have an impairment of the back or limbs that is a direct result of an accidental fall.

8033. Fact

In a recent survey in Japan, instant noodles were chosen as the greatest invention of all time

8034. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

8035. Animal Facts

When the necrophorus beetle finds a small dead animal, it pushes it into a suitable place, takes some of its fur to make a nest and lays its eggs near the body. When the eggs hatch into maggots, they feed on the dead body.

8036. Fact

The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built on the site of a river estuary. The land under the town has several layers of silt and soft clay. The 15,000-ton tower tilts to the south because the subsoil is too unstable.

8037. Fact

Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery

8038. Fact

Whole wheat bread has more iron, vitamins and dietary fiber than white bread.

8039. Fact

A ton of potatoes will yield 28.6 gallons of absolute alcohol. Potatoes are an important source for commercial alcohol.

8040. Fact

The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice.

8041. Fact

Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."

8042. Fact

In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada

8043. Fact

Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon

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