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.

5338. Fact

Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations.

5339. Fact

One out of 200 women is colorblind

5340. Fact

A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing

5341. Fact

Most gemstones contain several elements; except the diamond, it's all carbon.

5342. Fact

China's Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.

5343. Fact

In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers

5344. Fact

In 1894 the first big Coke sign was found on the side of a building located in Cartersville, Georgia, and still exists today

5345. Animal Facts

Sharks have special organs in their snouts and elsewhere that let them detect the electric fields produced by living animals. They can then home in on the animals to eat them.

5346. Fact

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet.

5347. Fact

In the movie The Matrix Reloaded a 17 minute battle scene cost over $40 million to produce

5348. Fact

In Lefors, Texas it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing.

5349. Fact

Each unit on the Richter Scale is equivalent to a power factor of about 32. So a 6 is 32 times more powerful than a 5! Though it goes to 10, 9 is estimated to be the point of total tectonic destruction. 2 is the smallest that can be felt unaided.

5350. Fact

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.

5351. Fact

An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.

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