8405. Fact

Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood

8406. Fact

to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!)

8407. Fact

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

8408. Fact

The Philippines consist of 2,100 islands.

8409. Fact

The characters of Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie were given the same first names as Simpsons creator Matt Groening's real-life father, mother, and two sisters.

8410. Fact

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand

8412. Fact

Many people find stimulation (kissing, tickling, caressing) of the abdomen pleasurable, especially close to the pubic region.

8413. Fact

From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet.

8414. Fact

The word Nike comes from Greek Mythology. Nike is the goddess of victory and was often depicted as a small winged figure whom the goddess Athene carried

8415. Fact

In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings.

8416. Fact

The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.

8417. Fact

Kodak is the first chain store to open in Antarctica.

8418. Fact

The original name for butterfly was flutterby

8419. Fact

In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world's first chewing gum factory.

8420. Fact

An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day

8421. Fact

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee.

8422. Fact

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color

8423. Fact

Catfish have tastebuds located on their whiskers

8424. Fact

Sliced bread was patented in 1954.

8425. Fact

A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute

8426. Animal Facts

The female black widow spider eats the male after mating, sometimes eating up to twentyfive partners a day. Now that's a man-eater!

8427. Fact

The main road in Hershey, PA (where Hershey's candy bars are made) is Chocolate Avenue.

8428. Fact

Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs

8429. Fact

The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long

8430. Fact

Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states

8431. Fact

The world's number one producer and consumer of fresh pork is China.

8432. Fact

Wet sand weighs less than dry sand.

8433. Fact

The Virginia Code (1930) has a statute: To prohibit corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than candidates.

8434. Fact

India has the most post offices in the world

8435. Fact

Sting got his name from a black and yellow striped sweater he would wear a lot.

8436. Fact

The distress code 'Mayday'comes from the French for help me, M'Aide.

8437. Fact

If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium.

8438. Animal Facts

A baby robin eats 4 metres (14 feet) of earthworms a day!

8439. Fact

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

8440. Fact

Bats can detect food up to 18 feet away and what type of insect the food may be using their sense of echolocation

8441. Fact

The first telephone call from the White House was from Rutherford Hayes to Alexander Graham Bell

8442. Fact

Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake

8443. Fact

The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long

8444. Fact

As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet.

8445. Fact

Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie

8446. Fact

Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray

8447. Animal Facts

A chameleon's tongue can be twice as long as its body, and must be kept curled to fit inside it.

8448. Fact

The states of Washington and Montana still execute prisoners by hanging.

8449. Fact

99% of the blueberries that are produced in the United States are produced in the state of Maine

8450. Fact

The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, which is seventy straight days

8451. Fact

In Australia, there is no death penalty.

8452. Fact

The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food

8453. Fact

The top downhill speed of the Ford Model T was 50 miles per hour.

8454. Fact

Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver in 1836.

8455. Fact

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

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