8189. Fact

Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

8190. Fact

In 1962, the Mashed Potato, the Loco-Motion, the Frug, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken were popular dances.

8191. Fact

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

8192. Animal Facts

A dustbin can produce 30,000 flies a week from eggs laid in the rotting rubbish it contains.

8193. Fact

The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.

8194. Fact

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4'9.

8195. Fact

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".

8196. Fact

Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears.

8197. Fact

The word America comes from the European explorer Amerigo Vespucci

8198. Fact

The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones

8199. Fact

Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit.

8200. Fact

On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime

8201. Fact

A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

8202. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes

8203. Fact

No one knows why there is a 33 on a Rolling Rock bottle... the secret died with the original brewer.

8204. Fact

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

8205. Fact

Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot

8206. Fact

A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

8207. Fact

The biggest candy eaters are the Dutch, who average 65 pounds of candy per person in a year

8208. Fact

The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team

8209. Fact

Studies show that 81% of men began masturbating between the ages of 10 and 15.

8210. Fact

Young people aged 15-24 accounted for 40% of the 4.1 million new HIV infections in 2005.

8211. Fact

Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked

8212. Animal Facts

Vultures gorging themselves on a carcass sometimes eat so much they can't fly.They then vomit to make themselves lighter.

8213. Fact

David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time. new

8214. Fact

Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.

8215. Fact

A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.

8216. Fact

An adult theater is a movie theater where pornographic films are shown to an adult audience.

8217. Fact

In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air

8218. Fact

By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for seventy-two years

8219. Fact

Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue

8220. Fact

For hundreds of years, the people of Poona, India, have disposed of their dead by carrying the corpses to the top of a tower and letting the vultures eat them.

8221. Fact

In Massachusetts you must have a license to wear a goatee.

8222. Fact

The ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait on tables.

8223. Fact

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple

8224. Fact

Lovebirds are small parakeets who live in pairs. Male and female lovebirds look alike, but most other male birds have brighter colors than the females.

8225. Fact

The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.

8226. Fact

Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights

8227. Fact

The name Tonka trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means great in Sioux

8228. Fact

The only President to be head of a labor union was Ronald Reagan.

8229. Fact

The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts.

8230. Fact

Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.

8231. Fact

WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes.

8232. Fact

On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.

8233. Fact

The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name leathernecks.

8234. Fact

Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

8235. Fact

The most expensive movie memorabilia ever sold at an auction was Clark Gable's Academy Award for It Happened One Night. It sold for $607,500 on December 15, 1996.

8236. Fact

In Australia, a common Boxing day activity is surfing

8237. Fact

A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed

8238. Fact

Movies approximately make five times more from video sales than ticket sales

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