Fact Book

The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is

8296. Fact

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.)

8297. Fact

There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952

8298. Fact

Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets. Although it has a circumference of 280,000 miles compared with Earth's 25,000 Jupiter manages to make one turn in 9 hours and 55 minutes.

8299. Fact

Proctor & Gamble originally manufactured candles before moving on to soap.

8300. Fact

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath

8301. Fact

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons.

8302. Fact

On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

8303. Animal Facts

Crocodiles can't bite and chew. Instead, they hold their prey under water to drown it, then twist their bodies around to tear chunks off the victim.

8304. Fact

Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper

8305. Fact

85% of weddings are held in a synagogue or church

8306. Fact

The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water

8307. Fact

The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.

8308. Fact

The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days

8309. Fact

There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females

8310. Fact

According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year

8311. Fact

The fastest moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.

8312. Fact

There are five years in a quinquennium

8313. Fact

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

8314. Fact

The study of ants is called Myrmecology

8315. Fact

Americans drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a half pounds of coffee every year.

8316. Fact

A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers

8317. Fact

Harvard University's original name was Cambridge. It only changed when John Harvard donated 400 books to the school.

8318. Animal Facts

A female German cockroach can produce 500,000 young in a year.

8319. Fact

For the blockbuster movie The Terminator, O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers did not choose him as they thought he would not be taken seriously

8320. Fact

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles

8321. Fact

General Robert E. Lee was not a slaveholder and never believed in slavery. He never believed in secession from the United States and strongly condemned it. He decided to lead the armies of the South because he wanted nothing to happen to his beloved Virginia.

8322. Fact

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark

8323. Fact

When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country Little Venice, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela

8324. Animal Facts

The queen naked mole rat is the only one to have babies. She keeps the others sterile (incapable of having babies) using a special chemical in her urine.

8325. Fact

A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years

8326. Fact

Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.

8327. Fact

The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl

8328. Fact

Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years

8329. Fact

In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey

8330. Fact

Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891