5318. Fact

Dragonfly larvae develop under the water and eject water from their anus to propel them for short distances.

5319. Fact

Astronauts grow taller in space.

5320. Fact

Carob trees do not produce fruit until they are seventy years old.

5321. Fact

The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933

5322. Fact

You will have to walk 80 kilometers for your legs to equal the amount of exercise your eyes get daily.

5323. Fact

Sometime around 1050 some English boys looking for a diversion blew up an old cow bladder and began to kick it around. The new game would go on to be called soccer.

5324. Fact

At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a piece of music in half an hour

5325. Fact

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.

5326. Fact

The state flower of Texas is the Bluebonnet; the state tree is a pecan.

5327. Fact

¥ Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants.

5328. Fact

The South Pole is covered with 8,850 feet of solid ice.

5329. Fact

A chicken is 75% water

5330. Fact

Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world

5331. Fact

The world's largest burrito weighed 4,217 lbs.

5332. Fact

The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe

5333. Fact

The word laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation.

5334. Fact

Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate

5335. Fact

Racecar spelled backwards is racecar.

5336. Fact

The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide. (Who made it? A petroleum company)

5337. Fact

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

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