8602. Fact

American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed

8603. Fact

The word MOW can be read the same way upside-down, hence the word ambigram. Many other words can be written differently using special characters of writing to make the word appear the same way from different points.

8604. Fact

On average Americans spend 18% of their income on transportation

8605. Fact

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers in the US

8606. Fact

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of linen.

8607. Fact

The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long

8608. Fact

In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted raw horse flesh ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream.

8609. Fact

Annually, fires that occur at home kill more Americans than all natural disasters combined

8610. Fact

Average lifespan of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

8611. Fact

The country of Tonga once issued a stamp shaped like a banana.

8612. Fact

When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly

8613. Fact

In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.

8614. Fact

The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930

8615. Fact

The word pure appears on the scroll held by the Quaker pictured on the packages of Quaker Oats cereal.

8616. Fact

You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping.

8617. Animal Facts

A leech will suck blood until it is ten times its original size and can't hold any more. Once it's full, it drops off its victim.

8618. Fact

An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham

8619. Fact

The first personal computer was called the Altair and was made by a company called MITS in 1974. It came in a kit and had to be assembled.

8620. Fact

The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines

8621. Fact

Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.

8622. Fact

There are 315 species of parrot in the world

8623. Fact

Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers

8624. Fact

The telescope on Mount Palomar, California, can see a distance of 7,038,835,200,000,000,000,000 miles.

8625. Fact

Stewardesses is one of the longest words typed with only the left hand

8626. Fact

One beaver can cut down as many as 216 trees per year.

8627. Fact

The oldest bird on record was Cocky, a cockatoo, who died in the London Zoo at the age of 82

8628. Fact

Some Ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. This type of worm can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight

8629. Fact

Audrey Hepburn's real name was Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston.

8630. Fact

The average speed for a migrating duck is fifty miles per hour.

8631. Fact

More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

8632. Fact

Sound carries so well in the Arctic that on a calm day, a conversation can be heard from 1.8 miles away.

8633. Fact

There are 132 rooms in the US White House.

8634. Fact

One quarter of the bones in the human body is in the feet

8635. Fact

At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.

8636. Animal Facts

Dogs in New York, USA, produce 18 million kilograms (40 million pounds) of faeces a year. Luckily, New Yorkers have to clear up after their dogs.

8637. Fact

After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again.

8638. Fact

The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers.

8639. Fact

The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

8640. Fact

Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

8641. Fact

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its'heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

8642. Animal Facts

A cockroach can live for a week after its head is cut off.

8643. Fact

The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.

8644. Fact

The tips of fingers and the soles of feet are covered by a thick, tough layer of skin called the stratum corneum.

8645. Fact

To women, a man's buttocks are the most admired part of his body.

8646. Fact

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

8647. Fact

In America, approximately 25% of kids aged 6-14 have a magaznie subscription

8648. Fact

There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.

8649. Fact

The original purpose of the coffin was to prevent the dearly departed from coming back and haunting the survivors.

8650. Fact

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou

8651. Animal Facts

Light-coloured spots on surfaces of food show a fly has vomited something up and tasted the surface; dark-coloured spots are fly faeces.

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