5783. Fact

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest English word that consists strictly of alternating consonants and vowels

5784. Fact

The red kangaroo of Australia can jump 27 feet in one bound.

5785. Fact

The play Chantecler, written by French playwright Edmond Rostand, features a rooster as the major character.

5786. Fact

On average, each American consumes approximately two hundred and sixty pounds of meat in a year

5787. Fact

If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the answer will always be 5.

5788. Animal Facts

Komodo dragons are lizards 3 metres (10 feet) long. They aren't poisonous, but there are so many bacteria in their mouths – growing in rotten meat between their teeth – that a bite from one often leads to blood poisoning and death.

5789. Fact

US Presidents who never had children: George Washington, known as the Father of the Country, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, and Warren Harding.

5790. Fact

The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

5791. Fact

Teflon was accidently discovered by scientist Dr. Roy Plunkett while he was conducting a coolant gas experiment in 1938

5792. Fact

All elephants walk on tip-toe because the back portion of their foot is made of no bone just fat.

5793. Fact

Humming birds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

5794. Fact

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way round.

5795. Fact

One ounce of chocolate has about 20 mg of caffeine in it

5796. Animal Facts

A kind of yellow-bellied toad can produce a nasty foam that smells of garlic to deter attackers.

5797. Fact

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

5798. Fact

The average number of pillowcases washed a day at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas is 15,000

5799. Fact

The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper

5800. Fact

Zebras are not black with white stripes, but are actually white with black stripes.

5801. Fact

The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money

5802. Fact

None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)"

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