6273. Fact

One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.

6274. Fact

During World War II, Kit Kat was unavailable due to milk shortages, so the chocolate bar was made without milk

6275. Fact

The reason the Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle is because when the popular circus theme was introduced in 1902 they thought it would also be a good idea to package them with a string as a Christmas novelty so they could be hung from Christmas trees

6276. Fact

The Apollo 11 plaque left on the Moon says, Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. / WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.

6277. Fact

The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is Denmark

6278. Animal Facts

A duckbilled platypus can stuff its cheek pouches with 600 worms.

6279. Fact

Manhattan Island from end to end is less than one million inches long.

6280. Fact

A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men admit to coloring their hair

6281. Fact

Hans Christian Anderson, creater of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never learned to spell correctly, and his publishers always had errors

6282. Fact

A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons.

6283. Fact

Stanley Kubrick approached Lloyd's of London about an insurance policy in case extraterrestrial life was discovered before the release of his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

6284. Fact

The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees celsius

6285. Fact

Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

6286. Fact

If you rubbed garlic on the sole of your feet, it would be absorbed and eventually show up on your breath.

6287. Fact

Rabbits can live up to ten years

6288. Fact

In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American

6289. Fact

Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both female and male reproductive organs

6290. Fact

A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.

6291. Fact

Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport

6292. Fact

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

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