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.

829. Fact

A komodo dragon can eat one and a half times its own body weight in just a couple of minutes.

830. Fact

Mach 1 is the technical term for the speed of sound - 742 (statute) miles per hour.

831. Fact

The earth circles around the sun at a speed of 18.6 miles per second.

832. Fact

A concorde holds 31,510 gallons of petrol in its tanks.

833. Fact

Bears can be left or right handed.

834. Fact

You share the same birthday with about 9 million other people.

835. Fact

The wings on a banana fly flap back and forth 200 times per second.

836. Fact

120 milligrams of arsenic is enough to kill you.

837. Fact

When pharmacist john pemberton was mixing the solution that later was to become coca-cola, he included in his experiental batches cocaine, coca leaves and cola nuts.

838. Fact

Thelma pickles was john lennon's first girlfriend.

839. Fact

Winston churchill was born in a ladies lavatory.

840. Fact

The chameleon has a tongue longer than its own body.

841. Fact

In 1999; the danish movie festen received a peculiar film award in germany for the worst dubbed movie.

842. Fact

If you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for nine more days until it starves to death.

843. Fact

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

844. Fact

During a flight, the concorde gets 7 to 8-inches longer. The heat from the friction causes the metal to expand.

845. Fact

There are more than 30,000 different kinds of roses.

846. Fact

The german friedrich sertner, when he managed to isolate the active substance from opium in 1806, gave the substance the name "morphine" after the greek god of sleep.

847. Fact

The koala is loved by children all over the world. But did you know that it's one of the sleepiest animals in the fauna? The koala spends 22 hours every day sleeping.

848. Fact

The shortest known alphabet is new guinea's rotokas. It has only 11 letters - a, b, e, g, i, k, o, p, r, t and u.

849. Fact

Dr. Alexander woods invented the hypodermic syringe in 1882.

850. Fact

In japanese, the words for "four" and "dead" are pronounced exactly the same. This is also true for "nine" and "pain". This explains why no hotel rooms in japan have the numbers 4 or 9.

851. Fact

If you fill a cone-shaped dram glass halfway, it's actually only filled 12 - 13%.

852. Fact

Have you ever tried to lick your own elbow? Even if you try, you will never succeed. It's physically impossible to do.

853. Fact

Phrenology is an old science that advocates that one can understand the characteristics of a person by the shape of their skull.

854. Fact

The african ostrich lays the largest eggs in the world. The shell is 1.5 millimeters thick and is strong enough to hold the weight of an adult man.

855. Fact

Another rare phobia is lutraphobia; - a deathly fear of otters.

856. Fact

The tallest picasso statue in the world can be found in kristinehamn, sweden.

857. Fact

The quartz crystal in a digital watch vibrates 32,768 times every second.

858. Fact

Steven spielberg didn't accept any money for the film schindler's list. He felt it would be blood money.

859. Fact

The seven beams in the crown of the statue of liberty represent the seven seas and seven continents.

860. Fact

Money contains cotton as well as paper. That's why it can survive a tumble through the washing machine.

861. Fact

Sharks are the only fish that can blink both eyes simultaneously.

862. Fact

A shark's skeleton is not made of bone like other fish and vertebrates. Instead, it is made-up of cartilage.

863. Fact

The actor dolph lundgren has a university degree from the royal technical university of stockholm.

864. Fact

The tutsis in congo, africa, are the tallest people in the world. Many are 7 feet tall. They live next to the pygmies who are the shortest people in the world.

865. Fact

Rhinoceros' horns are made up of compressed hair.

866. Fact

Originally, coca-cola was sold as a prescription to cure melancholy, hysteria and migraines.

867. Fact

The soho area of new york city is named soho because it is located south of houston street.

868. Fact

The national anthem of greece contains 158 verses.

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